RPC IV, 4254


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4254 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.1
Number	4254 (temporary)
Province	Macedonia
Region	Macedonia
City	Cassandrea
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating	177–180
Obverse inscription	[IM L AVR] CoM (A shaped as Λ)
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus (lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription	COL IVL AVG CASSAN (A shaped as Λ)
Reverse design	Nymph Nysa standing, right, raising chiton with right hand (?), holding infant Bacchus/Dionysus and cornucopia in left hand
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Reference	AMNG 13
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1			Bucharest-IA	AMNG 13, pl. XIII.12 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin	22				Show
2	2 ✸				D.G. coll. (ex Fitz 1, 26 March 2023, lot 427)	22	8.09			Show