RPC IV.1, 4621 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4621 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription IMP COMMODVS ANTO AVG (D may be inverted, S may be reversed)
Edition Imp(erator) Commodus Anto(ninus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription COL A A PATR
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr(ensis)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design to left, Diana/Artemis Laphria standing, right, having quiver at shoulder, holding bow over lighted altar; to right, Venus/Aphrodite of Acrocorinthus standing, left, holding Mars/Ares' shield before her as mirror
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.24 g
Axis 6, 7, 9, 12
Reference BMC 41
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 41, pl. VI.3 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 1294, obverse with signs of tooling
3 3     B: 28676/81
4 4     B: I-B