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Image of specimen #5 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/626 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.2 |
Number | 626 (temporary) |
Province | Asia |
Subprovince | Conventus of Cyzicus |
Region | Mysia |
City | Parium |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Issue | Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler: Issue 2 (»Kyzikos«) |
Dating | c. 179–180 |
Obverse inscription | IMP CAI(sic) L AV COMODVS (L shaped as Λ) |
Edition | Imp(erator) Ca{i}<e>(sar) L(ucius) Au(relius) Commodu(s) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus |
Obverse design | laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | DEO CVPIDINI COLON IVL HAD PA |
Edition | deo Cupidini Colon(ia) Iul(ia) Had(riana) Pa(riana) |
Translation | to the god Cupid, the Julian Hadrianic colony of Parium |
Reverse design | Amor/Eros standing, facing, head, right, holding right hand over small herm, resting left arm on hip |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 24 mm |
Average weight | 8.37 g |
Axis | 6, 7 |
Reference | Cop 291, MG 256, no. 139, |
Specimens | 8 (2 in the core collections) |