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 AD 189/190
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕΜ(Ο) ΚΑΙΚΙ ϹΕΡΒ(Ε)ΙΛ(Ε)Ι(Α(Ν(ΟΥ)) ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟ(ΛΕΙ) ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤ
Edition ἡγεμο(νεύοντος) Καικι(λίου) Σερβειλειανοῦ Νεικοπολει(τῶν) πρὸς Ἴστ(ρῳ)
Translation under governor Caecilius Servilianus, of the Nicopolitans ad Istrum
Reverse design bearded river-god (Istros) reclining, left, holding long reed, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 3, 4, 5, 7, 10
Reference AMNG 1235, HH&J 8.10.32.1-7 & 10-20
Specimens 17 (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, Marcel Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000, lot 336
7 7     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 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.
13 13     ✸ Hans-Joachim Hoeft coll.
14 14     Hans-Joachim Hoeft coll.
15 15     Hans-Joachim Hoeft coll.
16 16     Hans-Joachim Hoeft coll.
17 17     Hans-Joachim Hoeft coll.