RPC IV.2, 505 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 505 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Hadriani ad Olympum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler, without personal name but (probably) part of the issue of Titus L—, also known as Diodoros
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare head of Commodus (lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΠΡ οΛΥΜ
Edition Ἁδριανῶν πρ(ὸς) Ὀλύνπῳ
Translation of the Hadrians near Olympus
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.79 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference von Fritze Mys. 519
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18277709, I-B G.F. Hill, JIAN 1 (1898), 246, no. 20
2 2     ✸ C: Lewis 1317 von Fritze Mys. 519, pl. VIII.28 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin