RPC IV, 4575


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4575 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	4575 (temporary)
Province	Macedonia
Region	Illyricum
City	Apollonia
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Dating	177–180
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΟΜΜΟΔω
Edition	Αὐτοκρά(τορι) Κόμμοδῳ
Translation	to Emperor Commodus
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑ (in field and exergue, ΛΩΝΙΑ retrograde)
Edition	Ἀπολλωνια(τῶν)
Translation	of the Apolloniates
Reverse design	the three Charites standing, holding hands, left one holding thin object (staff torch or pedum?), right one holding wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	32 mm
Average weight	18.14 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Ceka —, BMC 86
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: BMC 86, pl. XIII.5 (rev.)		33	19.61	12	Show
2	2	V: GR 11318	J. v. Schlosser, Beschreibung der altgriechischen Münzen I (Vienna 1893), 36, no. 124	31	18.02	6	Show
3	3		Tirana Museum 4170, reverse legend obscure	33	15.86	6	Show
4	4	B: (Fox)		32	19.07	6	Show