RPC IV.3, 6231 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6231 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) Ἀγκυρανῶν
Translation of the metropolis of the Ancyrans
Reverse design Artemis standing, facing, head, right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.32 g
Axis 7
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B, struck on too large a flan
2 2     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 1035, pl. 5 = Jean Elsen 127 (05/12/2015), 343, struck on too large a flan
3 3     P: 97 SNG 2465 = Wa 6617
4 4     Lindgren I, 1674 (or spec 4?) = CNG Electronic Auction 162 (11/04/2007), 246, struck on too large a flan
5 5     Roma Numismatics 4 (30/09/2012), 2223, struck on too large a flan