RPC IV.2, 466 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 466 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Attaea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Rufus (strategos)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤο Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΡοΥΦοΥ ΑΤΤΑΙΤΩΝ (Φ shaped as ·Ι·)
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ῥούφου Ἀτταϊτῶν
Translation under the strategos Rufus, of the Attaites
Reverse design to left, nude youth (founding hero?) standing with left foot on cippus, right, leaning forward, resting both hands on left thigh; to right, cult statue of Zeus standing on base, facing, head, left, holding thunderbolt over eagle and long sceptre; before base, child(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.94 g
Axis 12
Reference von Fritze Mys. 389
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18270092, 1863/28627.56 von Fritze Mys. 389, pl. VI.19 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     vA 7208
3 3     Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 573, pl. 28
4 4     V-ON Leypold I, no. 291 = Lanz 52 (14/05/1990), 531
5 5     Peus 380 (03/11/2004), 821 = Peus 384 (02/11/2005), 833
6 6     Aufhäuser 7 (09/10/1990), 504 = G. Hirsch 169 (20/02/1991), 986a
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 134 (11/10/2004), 1934
8 8     Wendt-Numismatica 17 (22/06/1977), coll. Hollschek, 226, pl. 8
9 9     CNG Electronic Auction 188 (28/05/2008), 220