RPC IV.1, 4679 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4679 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM
Edition Commodo Caes(ari) Fil(io) Aug(usti) Germ(anico)
Translation Commodus, Caesar, son of Augustus, Germanicus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription [C] L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Melikertes-Palaimon lying on back of dolphin, right; behind, pine-tree; (in right field, pine wreath and palm-branch)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.60 g
Axis 10, 11
Reference BMC 634
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 634, reverse with pine wreath and palm-branch
2 2     ✸ L: 1920-8-5-1082
3 3     B: Fox, obverse with traces of tooling