RPC IV.3, 6184 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6184 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Hierapolis-Castabala
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΕΥΤΥΧ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Κόμοδος Εὐτύχ(ης)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Commodus Fortunate
Obverse design emperor Commodus (bearded) standing, left, wearing military dress, holding Nike and long sceptre
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΚΑϹΤΑΒΑΛΕωΝ
Edition Ἱεροπολιτῶν Κασταβαλέων
Translation of the Castabalean Hierapolitans
Reverse design draped bust of Dionysus (youthful) wearing ivy wreath, right, carrying thyrsus over shoulder; to right, bunch of grapes
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.87 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Robert 30, GM 709, no. 561
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B GM 709, no. 561 = Robert 30, pl. XXVII.81
2 2     vA 5575
3 3     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 723, pl. 30
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 126 (13/10/2003), 2053
5 5     Private coll. CGT