RPC IV.1, 5222 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5222 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM
Edition Commodo Caes(ari) Fil(io) Aug(usti) Germ(anico)
Translation Commodus, Caesar, son of Augustus, Germanicus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design turreted Concordia/Homonoia (or Fortuna/Tyche?) standing, left, holding patera over altar and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.04 g
Axis 1, 10, 12
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920-8-5-1072
2 2     B: (Löbb)
3 3     Mu: 17a, under 'Patras', obverse legend obscure