RPC IV.3, 5858 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5858 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Germa
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue early in the reign of Commodus
Dating AD 180–2?
Obverse inscription IMP COM ANTONIN
Edition Imp(erator) Com(modus) Antonin(us)
Translation Emperor Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription COL GERMEN
Edition col(onia) Germen(orum)
Translation Colony of the Germenses
Reverse design eagle standing on altar, left, head, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak; between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.12 g
Axis 1
Reference vA, Germa 14
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 190 SNG 2560 = vA Germa 14
2 2     L: 1979,0101.2688 ex vA