RPC IV.2, 496 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 496 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Hadrianeia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Apollonios, son of Lucius (first archon)
Issue Issue 1
Dating c. 184–187
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΛΟΥ Α ΑΡΧ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ (last two letters might be retrograde)
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Ἀπολλωνίου Λου(κίου) ἀʹ ἄρχ(οντος) Ἀδριανέων
Translation under Apollonios, son of Lucius, first archon, of the Hadrianeians
Reverse design to left, Nike advancing, right, holding palm-branch and wreath; to right, Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.54 g
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze Mys. 457
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18271381, Löbb. von Fritze Mys. 457, pl. VIII.1 (rev.)
2 2     J. Scholz, NZ 43 (1910), 17, no. 70, 'under Hadriani ad Olympum'
3 3     V-ON Leypold I, no. 327
4 4     Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 32 (07/01/2017), 576, under 'Hypaepa'
5 5     ✸ Lanz 24 (25/04/1983), 597
6 6     Plankenhorn 5