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 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 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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