RPC IV.1, 4788 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4788 (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 Mên on horseback, right, head, left(?), wearing Phrygian cap, extending right arm (or holding patera?); behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.09 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 741 Rec 6, pl. LXIII.6 (rev.), worn
2 2     vA 6969