RPC IV.1, 4820 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4820 (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 ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΑΝΤωΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος 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 Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.31 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 43
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1501 Rec 43, pl. XCIX.33 (rev.)
2 2     Turin: worn