RPC IV.1, 4554 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4554 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Commodus, co-emperor
Dating 177-180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), left
Reverse inscription ΔΙο(Ν)ΥϹοΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Διονυσοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Dionysopolitans
Reverse design Heracles standing, right, resting arm on club, holding lion skin(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.49 g
Axis 7
Reference Draganov 47, Tachev Commodus 1-8
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Draganov 47, illustrated
2 2     B: B-I
3 3     G. Hirsch 185, 15 Feb. 1995, lot 965, under 'Phrygia?', reverse with ΔΙοΥСοΠοΛƐΙΤΩΝ(sic)
4 4     Budapest SNG 18
5 5     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15, J.-P. Righetti coll., 21 Oct. 2004, lot 27
6 6     Stack's Coin Galleries Dec. 2007 (18/12/2007), 420
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 51