RPC IV, 4787


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4787 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	4787 (temporary)
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Bithynia
City	Iuliopolis
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Dating	c. 191–192
Obverse inscription	Α Κ Λ ΑΙΛ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΗΡΑΚΛΗϹ ΡΩΜ
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἡρακλῆς Ῥωμ(αῖος)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Roman Heracles
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	ΙΟΥΛΙοΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition	Ἰουλιοπολειτῶν
Translation	of the Juliopolitans
Reverse design	draped bust of Mên wearing Phrygian cap decorated with laurel wreath and stars, right; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	12.35 g
Axis	6, 7
Reference	Rec 5, BMC 2
Specimens	6 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 739	Rec 5, pl. LXIII.5	29	13.67	6	Show
2	2	P: 740	Wa 374	29	12.04	6	Show
3	3	L: BMC 2, pl. XXXI.5 (rev.)		29	13.06	7	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.42149		28	12.39	7	Show
5	5		Niggeler 590, pl. 3	29	14.28		Show
6	6		vA 6970	26	8.63		Show