RPC IV.1, 5060 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5060 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Megaris
City Megara
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΚΟΜΜοΔΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΜΕΓΑΡΕωΝ
Edition Μεγαρέων
Translation of the Megarians
Reverse design Artemis standing, right, holding torch in each hand with which she lights large torch in front of her
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 488 (legends worn, obverse legend perhaps tooled)
1 1     ✸ L: 1920-6-11-94
2 2     L: 1961-3-1-25
3 3     Mu: 25c (acc. 12890)
4 4     P: 1263, obverse legend obscure
5 5     B: v. Knobelsdorff
6 6     CNG EA 147, 6 Sept. 2006, lot 6