RPC IV.1, 4306 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4306 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Callatis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝ ΚΟΜοΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀν(τωνῖνος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription [Κ]ΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Καλλατιανῶν
Translation of the Callatians
Reverse design emperor (Commodus) standing, left, wearing military dress, holding patera over lighted altar and spear, being crowned by turreted Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.32 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 299 corr.
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B AMNG 299, pl. XIX.30 (rev.), misreading obverse legend as 'ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС'
2 2     NY: 1957.52.198
3 3     O
4 4     Cocos Monastry, Inv. 312
5 5     ✸ Naumann 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 233
6 6     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 1174