RPC IV.1, 4365 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4365 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Κόμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντ(ωνῖνος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹϹΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ὀδησσείτων Ὀδησσείτων
Translation of the Odessians
Reverse design Theos Megas standing, facing, (head, left,) holding patera and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 8.48 g
Axis 1
Reference AMNG 2250–1
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg, Academy = AMNG 2250, pl. XIII.25 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Odessa Murzakewicy, Odess. Mem. 3, 242, no. 2, on reverse, god with head, l., cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     NY: 1998.13.5
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 Mar. 2020, lot 710 (ex Lanz 114, 26 May 2003, lot 432)