RPC IV.1, 4812 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4812 (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 ΑΥΡΗΛΙοϹ ΚΟΜοΔ[ο?] ΑΝΤωΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδο(ς) Ἀντων(ῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕωΝ
Edition Προυσαέων Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.55 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 37(1)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1497 Rec 37, pl. XCIX.29 (rev.), authenticity doubtful: cast?