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IV.1, 4731 (temporary)
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4731
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Volume
IV.1
Number
4731 (temporary)
Province
Bithynia-Pontus
Region
Bithynia
City
Apamea
Reign
Commodus
Person (obv.)
Commodus (Augustus)
Dating
c. 184–192
Obverse inscription
IMP CAES CoMMODVS ANToNINVS P F AVG
Edition
Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Commodus Antoninus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
Translation
Emperor Caesar Commodus Antoninus Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design
laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription
GENI oPTIMo CoMMoDo P F AVG C I C A D D
Edition
Geni(us) Optimo Commodo P(io) F(elici) Aug(usto) c(oloniae) I(uliae) C(oncordiae) A(pameae) d(ecurionum) d(ecreto)
Translation
to Optimus Commodus Pius Felix Augustus, the Genius of the colony Iulia Concordia Apamea, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design
emperor (Commodus) standing, facing, head, left, wearing military dress, holding patera over lighted altar and spear; to left, Genius standing, facing, head, left, crowning emperor, holding cornucopia
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
33 mm
Average weight
21.21 g
Axis
3
Reference
Rec 56, BMC 26
Specimens
2 (1 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
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Number
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Diameter
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1
1
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L: BMC 26, pl. XXV.11 (rev.)
Rec 56, pl. XXXIX.2 = R. Pera,
QT
16 (1987), pp. 251–64, pl. I.1
33
20.91
3
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2
2
MünzZentrum 106 (28/03/2001), 345
33
21.50
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