RPC IV.1, 4682 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4682 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription CoMMOD CAES AVG FIL GERM
Edition Commodus Caesar Augusti filius Germanicus Commod(us) Caes(ar) Aug(usti) fil(ius) Germ(anicus)
Translation Commodus Caesar, son of Augustus, Germanicus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and 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 cult statue of Venus/Aphrodite of Acrocorinthus standing, left, holding Mars/Ares' shield before her as mirror
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.34 g
Axis 1, 3, 10
Reference BCD Corinth 810, BMC 637
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 637, pl. XXI.4 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 810
3 3     L: 1920-8-5-1067