RPC IV.1, 4552 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4552 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Διονυσοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Dionysopolitans
Reverse design torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.89 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Draganov 45, Varbanov 446$, Jekov 10$, Tachev Commodus 66–80
Specimens 11 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Plovdiv, National Museum, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Private coll. Krengel, Berlin
3 3     Private coll., Baton Rouge
4 4     Jean Elsen 87 (11/03/2006), 1715, reverse as 'thymiaterium'
5 5     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 30 (28/05/2009), 792, both sides with signs of tooling, under 'Dionysopolis in Phrygia'
6 6     H.D. Rauch Electronic Auction 12 (23/03/2013), 899
7 7     Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 20 (29/08/2015), 440, both sides with signs of tooling, under 'Dionysopolis in Phrygia'
8 8     ✸ Leu WA 14, 12 Dec. 2020, lot 913
9 9     Roma Numismatics EA 80, 4 Feb. 2021, lot 773
10 10     Bertolami EA 105, 21 Oct. 2021, lot 2188
11 11     Solidus Numismatik 116, 21 Mar. 2023, lot 114