RPC IV.3, 6267 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6267 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Sebaste
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AV [COM AN?]
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Au(relius) Com(modus) An(toninus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝω[Ν] ϹΥΡ L ϹΙϚ
Edition Σεβαστηνῶν Συρ(ίας) (ἔτους) σιϛʹ
Translation of the Sebastenians of Syria, of year 216
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, struggling with Persephone; above, small Eros flying, right, holding torch; to left, overturned kalathos containing flowers(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.44 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 1914/714 Prowe III, 2603, obverse as 'Pius', reverse with traces of tooling