RPC IV.3, 5466 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5466 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Neocaesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ(Ο) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμο(δος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΝΕΟΚ ΝΕωΚΟ ΠΡωΤΗ ΠΟΝΤ ΕΤ ΑΚΡ
Edition Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Νεοκ(εσαρία) νεωκό(ρος) πρώτη Πόντ(ου) ἔτ(ους) ακρʹ
Translation Hadrianic Neocaesaria, neocorate, first city of Pontus, year 121
Reverse design Roma seated, right, holding spear; resting arm on shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.76 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Çizmeli 13 and 15–18, Rec 10
Specimens 17 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1986-10-37-1 Çizmeli 13, pl. I
1 1     A. Reich coll.
2 2     E.J. Waddell list 51 (1991), 125
3 3     vA 6758 = Çizmeli 15, pl. II
4 4     NY: 1970.142.249 Çizmeli 16, pl. II
5 5     vA 98
6 6     Mu: 2a, pierced, 10.88g
7 7     Istanbul: 15049 Z. Çizmeli, Anatolia Antiqua III, no. 3
8 8     Istanbul: 1154/71-1979 Z. Çizmeli, Anatolia Antiqua III, no. 2
9 9     Istanbul: 4073 Z. Çizmeli, Anatolia Antiqua III, no. 1 = Çizmeli 17, pl. II, worn
10 10     Warsaw: 2619/1244 worn, attribution to this type uncertain
11 11     V-ON Leypold I, no. 37
12 12     O
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
16 16     CGT coll.
17 17     CGT coll. = Ares Web Auction 9, 17 May 2020, lot 279