RPC IV.1, 4338 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4338 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Nicopolis ad Istrum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Secundus Servilianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating 188–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕΜ(Ο) ΚΑΙΚΙ ϹΕΡΒ(Ε)ΙΛ(Ε)Ι(Α(Ν(ΟΥ)) ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟ(ΛΕΙ) ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤ
Reverse design bearded river-god (Istros) reclining, left, holding long reed, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 3, 4, 5, 10
Reference AMNG 1235
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Mandl = B. Pick, NZ 23, 51, no. 6, pl. III.2 = AMNG 1230, pl. XVII.31 (rev.)
3 3     Odessa
4 4     Sofia
5 5     V: GR 34836
6 6     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 336, pl. 15
7 7     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 712, pl. 29
8 8     MünzZentrum 102 (03/05/2000), 189
9 9     Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 6 (06/10/2000), 526
10 10     Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 7 (22/02/2002), 259
11 11     B: 1904/12
12 12     C. Scarlioli coll.