RPC IV.1, 4805 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4805 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΟΔ ΑΝΤΩΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμοδ(ος) Ἀντων(ῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΠΡοΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design to left, Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera; to right, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.52 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 30–1, BMC 7
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 7 Rec 30, pl. XCIX.25, reverse legend probably tooled, ΠΡοV⊏ΩΕΩΝ(sic)
2 2     ✸ Mu: 5