RPC IV.1, 5325 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5325 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ ΕΤ ϹΙΔ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρας ἔτ(ους) σιδʹ
Translation of free Amisus, year 214
Reverse design head of Dionysus (youthful) wearing ivy wreath, right; with traces of drapery
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.49 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Rec 111a
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1899-4-1-53
2 2     NY: 1944.100.41364 Prowe