RPC IV.1, 4814 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4814 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜο
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμο(δος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and 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 25 mm
Average weight 8.08 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 391, BMC 10
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 10
2 2     ✸ Private coll. Tom Mullally