RPC IV.3, 5039 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5039 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design bust of Commodus wearing crown and garment of demiourgos, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΜΟΔΕΙΟϹ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟΥ
Edition Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως Κομόδειος Οἰκουμενικὸς δὶς νεωκόρου Ταρσ(οῦ) μητρο(πόλεως) Κομόδειος Οἰκουμενικὸ(ς) δὶς νεωκόρου
Translation of the Tarsians, metropolis, Commodian and Oikoumenikos games, twice neocorate
Reverse design radiate crown with ties
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.45 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 170
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 170, pl. XXXV.2 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 1244 SNG 1468
3 3     CNG EA 568, 14 Aug. 2024, lot 330