RPC IV.1, 4539 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4539 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the Anchialans
Reverse design turreted Cybele seated, left, on lion jumping, right, resting arm on tympanum, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.26 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 448–9
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B AMNG 448, pl. VI.19 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Sofia: 6155
3 3     Bologna University, on reverse, Cybele's head, r.
4 4     Sofia: 6300, on reverse, Cybele's head, r., cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
5 5     Private coll. CGT = Naville Numismatics 24 (17/07/2016), 199