RPC IV.1, 4825 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4825 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΙ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αἴ(λιος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Κομμόδος
Translation Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡοΥϹΑ[Ε]ΙϹ ΤοΝ ΚΤΙϹΤΗΝ ΠΡοΥϹΙΑΝ
Edition Προυσαεῖς τὸν κτίστην Προυσίαν
Translation the Prusans (honour) the founder Prusias
Reverse design diademed and draped bust of hero Prusias (youthful), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.39 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 48
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 7 Rec 48, pl. C.3 (rev.) = Nomisma 1911, 9, no. 6, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin