RPC IV.1, 4813 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4813 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (uncertain title)
Dating c. 176–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕωΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.95 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference Rec 38, BMC 9
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 9, pl. XXXV.3 (rev.)
2 2     vA 870
3 3     Private coll. Hugh Williams, UK
4 4     Private coll. H. I. = Savoca Numismatik Blue Auction 9 (25/08/2018), 869, reverse legend with closed Ω (instead of Ⲱ)