RPC IV.1, 4452 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4452 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο?) Κ Λ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αἴλιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription Δ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ (unusual Ο form with dot in centre)
Edition δʹ Μητροπόλεως Πὸντου Τόμεως δʹ Μητροπ(όλεως) Πὸντου Τόμεως
Translation 4, of the metropolis of Pontus, Tomis
Reverse design head of Sarapis wearing kalathos, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference AMNG 2692–3
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ex private coll. Knechtel, on reverse, value mark obscure, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, cast broken
2 2     Sotheby June 1896, coll. Bunbury, 559
3 3     ✸ Sofia: cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin