RPC IV.1, 4830 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4830 (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 c. 179–180
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 (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡοΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design temple with six columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 3.88 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 53(2)
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1505 Rec 53, pl. C.7 (rev.)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42341
3 3     O
4 4     B: 1904/45
5 5     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik Blue Auction 141 (27/08/2022), 739