RPC IV.2, 4711 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 4711 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of the Cyclades
Region Cyclades
City Syros
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (all retrograde)
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΥΡΙωΝ (all retrograde)
Edition Συρίων
Translation of the Syriotes
Reverse design Isis standing, left, wearing lotus, holding sistrum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.04 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 28
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 28, pl. XXVIII.9 (rev.)
1 1     ✸ B: Fox, under 'Samos'
2 2     Mu: 22b, acc. 15537, under 'Samos'
2 2     P: 445
3 3     Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art = M. Oikonomidou, 'Kykladitika Nomismata', in (ed.) N.C. Stampolides, Phos Kykladikon (Athens, 1999), p. 324, no. 108, pl. 3
4 4     B: B-I
5 5     Princeton: Inv. 76-871 Levy-Bastien 1857, pl. XXVII
6 6     A: 4814