RPC IV.1, 4724 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4724 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Apamea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription [COMMOD]I CAES ANToNIN[I FIL]
Edition Commodi Caes(aris) Antonini fil(ii)
Translation of Commodus Caesar, son of Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription LVCIF DIANAE C I C A D D (D D retrograde, worn, V shaped as U)
Edition Lucif(erae) Dianae c(olonia) I(ulia) C(oncordia) A(pamea) d(ecurionum) d(ecreto)
Translation to Lucifera Diana, the colony Iulia Concordia Apamea, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design Venus/Aphrodite Lucifera advancing, right, holding torch in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.14 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Rec 49 corr., BMC 24 corr.
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 24, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius', in L under 'Marcus Aurelius'
2 2     ✸ P: 223, under 'Marcus Aurelius', worn, reverse legend tooled