RPC IV.1, 4451 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4451 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (unusual Ο form with dot in centre)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡοΠ ΠοΝΤοΥ Τ(ο)ΜΕΩϹ(sic)
Edition Μητροπ(όλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως
Translation of the metropolis of Pontus, of Tomis
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; in field, right, Β
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.26 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2690–1, BMC 15
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bucharest-IA reverse legend with ΤΜƐΩС(sic)
2 2     Ex private coll. Knechtel, reverse legend with ΤΜƐΩС(sic)
3 3     L: BMC 15, reverse legend with ΤΜƐΩС(sic), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     Bucharest-IA
5 5     Ex private coll. Knechtel
6 6     Odessa
7 7     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
8 8     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
9 9     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
10 10     O
11 11     O
12 12     Hogens coll.
13 13     Münzgalerie München 2, 6 Apr. 2025, lot 1516
14 14     ✸ Nomos 6, 8 May 2012, lot 154 (ex La Galerie Numismatique Lausanne, Nov. 2004, lot 407)