RPC IV.2, 497 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 497 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Hadrianeia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Divus)
Magistrate Apollonios, son of Lucius (first archon for the second time)
Issue Issue 2
Dating c. 184–187
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (long beard), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ [ΑΠ]ΟΛΛ[ΩΝΙΟΥ Α] ΑΡΧ ΤΟ Β ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀπολλωνίου αʹ ἄρχοντος τὸ βʹ Ἁδριανέων ἐπ(ὶ) Ἀπολλωνίου αʹ ἄρχ(οντος) τὸ βʹ Ἁδριανέων
Translation under Apollonios, first archon for the second time, of the Hadrianeians
Reverse design emperor Hadrian horseback, right, brandishing spear at lion, jumping, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Reference von Fritze Mys. 458
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Milan: coll. Rosa von Fritze Mys. 458, pl. VIII.2 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, reverse legend perhaps tooled