RPC IV.1, 4528 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4528 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Castus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔ[ΟϹ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ ΙΟΥΛ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΓ[ΧΙ]ΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition ἡγμoνεύοντος Ἰουλίου Κάστου Ἀγχιαλέων ἡγ(μoνεύοντος) Ἰουλ(ίου) Κάστου Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation during the governorship of Iulius Castus, of the Anchialians
Reverse design Triptolemus standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, right, sowing with right hand, holding seeds in chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Reference AMNG 437
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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1 1     ✸ Florence: 1371 cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, probably pierced