RPC IV.1, 4821 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4821 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ] Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟ
Edition [---] Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμο(δος)
Translation [---] Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ (letter forms uncertain)
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design nude hero standing, left, holding patera(?) over lighted altar; to right, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Reference Rec 44
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Turin Rec 44, pl. XCIX.34 (rev.), worn