RPC IV, 4679


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
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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 Caesari Augusti filio Germanico Commodo Caes(ari) Aug(usti) fil(io) Germ(anico)
Translation	to Commodus Caesar Germanicus, son of Augustus
Obverse design	bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription	[C] L I COR
Edition	colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium c(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation	colony of 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)

#	Specimen	Museum	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: BMC 634, reverse with pine wreath and palm-branch	26	8.57	11	Show
2	2 ✸	L: 1920-8-5-1082	26	10.19	11	Show
3	3	B: Fox, obverse with traces of tooling	26	10.04	10	Show