RPC IV.3, 5777 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5777 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Cyrrhus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμμοδος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (youthful), right
Reverse inscription ΔΙΟϹ ΚΑΤΕΒΑΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΡΗϹΤΩΝ Δ (in r. field)
Edition Διὸς κατεβάτου Κυρηστῶν δʹ
Translation of Zeus Kataibates, of the Cyrrhestians, 4
Reverse design Zeus Kataibates seated on rock, left, holding thunderbolt over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.15 g
Axis 5, 6, 8, 11, 12
Reference BMC 28
Specimens 10 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.5320 BMC 28
2 2     L: G.911
3 3     P: 1650
4 4     P: no number (Seymour de Ricci)
5 5     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1366, reverse perhaps without eagle
6 6     B: (Löbb)
7 7     NY: 1944.100.65353
8 8     O
9 9     G: III, 135, no. 16 SNG II, no. 2660
10 10     C: no number, on reverse, eagle uncertain