RPC IV.1, 4467 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4467 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΙ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (unusual Ο form with dot in centre)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αἴ(λιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ(Π) ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ (different Ο forms)
Edition Μητροπ(όλεως) Πόντου Τομέως
Translation of the metropolis of Pontus, Tomis
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; in filed, left, Β
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.71 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference AMNG 2718–24, BMC 17
Specimens 24 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Odessa cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     B: 1884/164
3 3     Gotha: ex Rollin cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
5 5     V: GR 37698
6 6     P: 936, all reverse O of unusual form with dot in centre, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
7 7     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo, all reverse O of unusual form with dot in centre
8 8     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
9 9     P: 933
10 10     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo, pierced, reverse with ΠΟΝΤοΥ, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
11 11     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo, pierced
12 12     L: BMC 17 Gardner, NC 1876, p. 310, pl. IX.9 (rev.), last two rev. O of unusual form with dot in centre, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
13 13     Netzhammer
14 14     St Petersburg: last two reverse letters O of unusual form with dot in centre, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
15 15     Winterthur
16 16     Florence: reverse with ΝΤοΥ, all other three O of unusual form with dot in centre, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
17 17     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo, all reverse O of unusual form with dot in centre
18 18     Tübingen reverse with ΝΤοΥ, all other three O of unusual form with dot in centre, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
19 19     ✸ P: 937, on reverse B inverted, all reverse O of unusual form with dot in centre
20 20     V: GR 34831, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
21 21     Gorny & Mosch 115, 5 Mar. 2002, lot 1280
22 22     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 579 = Künker 417 eLive, 31 Oct. 2024, lot 3391
23 23     Rauch EA 12, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 531
24 24     Rauch EA 12, 23 Mar. 2013, lot 530