RPC IV.3, 5845 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5845 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design bust of Commodus wearing crown and garment of demiourgos, right; (to right, star)
Reverse inscription ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕ (in upper field) ΚΟΜΟΔΕ(Ι) (on crown) ΑΔΡ ΚΟΜ ΤΑΡ ΜΗ Β ΝΕωΚΟ
Edition Οἰκουμε(νικὸς) Κομόδει(ος) Ἁδρ(ιανῆ) Κομ(οδιανῆ) Ταρ(σοῦ) μη(τρόπολις) βʹ νεωκό(ρου)
Translation Oikoumenikos and Commodian games, Hadrianic Commodian Tarsus, metropolis, twice neocorate
Reverse design agonistic crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.21 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920-3-2-16
2 2     L: 1979-1-1-2636 vA 5997
3 3     Levante 1019 = CNG 64 (24/09/2003), 694
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 118 (14/10/2002), 1801 = Jean Elsen 76 (13/09/2003), 758, reverse probably with ΚΟΜΟΔΕ only
5 5     P: 1425 SNG 1466
6 6     P: 1427 SNG 1467 = Wa 4636
7 7     B: 18311132, 1906 Löbbecke
8 8     B: 18311133, 1928 Bernhard-Imhoof
9 9     O
10 10     O
11 11     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 684, pl. 33, private coll. Karbach
12 12     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 685, pl. 33, private coll., Duisburg
13 13     Gorny & Mosch 129 (08/03/2004), 1888
14 14     Leeds-UL: 1565
15 15     Numismad 18, 2–3 Nov. 2024, lot 490