RPC IV.3, 5745 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5745 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Doliche
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹ ΓΕΡΜΑ(Ν) ϹΑΡΜΑ(Τ)
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΔΟΛΙΧΑΙΩΝ Α
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Reference BMC 4, Cop 13
Specimens 14 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 4
2 2     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1816
3 3     B: I-B, obverse with signs of tooling
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     Mu: SNG 363
6 6     NY: 1944.100.65180
7 7     V: GR 20833, authenticity doubtful: cast?
8 8     Cop: 13, on reverse, existence of final A not entirley certain
9 9     C: Leake 1616, Asiatic Greece, p. 53.3
10 10     O
11 11     G: III, 125, no. 3
12 12     C: Leake 7713, Suppl., p. 48.1
13 13     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 12 (16/04/2004), 602, pl. 12
14 14     Private coll. CGT = Zeus Numismatics Budget Auction 15 (21/02/2021), 274