RPC IV.1, 5611 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5611 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔ ΑΝΤω
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδ(ος) Ἀντω(νῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Π[Ρ]ΟΥϹΑΕωΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.37 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 33(1)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15859
2 2     Private coll. CGT, ex Savoca Numismatik