RPC IV.1, 4731 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 26, pl. XXV.11 (rev.) Rec 56, pl. XXXIX.2 = R. Pera, QT 16 (1987), pp. 251–64, pl. I.1
2 2     MünzZentrum 106 (28/03/2001), 345