RPC IV.1, 4321 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4321 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design nude Heracles standing, left, strangling Nemean lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.46 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 542, BMC 1, H&J (2006) 6.10.14.1, H&J (2014) 6.10.14.1
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha
2 2     L: BMC 1
3 3     Mu: SNG 257
4 4     O Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 308, pl. 14
5 5     Prowe III, 120, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
6 6     SNG Evelpidis 804
7 7     CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 690
8 8     CNG EA 159, 28 Feb. 2007, lot 117
9 9     ✸ Rauch Summer 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 699
10 10     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 9, 3 Nov. 2013, lot 307