RPC IV.3, 6277 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6277 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΚΟΜ(Μ)ΟΔΟΝ ([ ?)
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕωΝ (Α)ΠΟ(Ϲ) ΜΑΡ (ωs may be shaped as Us)
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right, on throne; all within shrine with two spirally fluted columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference BMC 78–9, Cop 358–9
Specimens 28 (27 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 78, pl. XXX.8 (rev.)
2 2     L: BMC 79, both legends obsure
3 3     L: G 0944
4 4     Cop: 358
5 5     Cop: 359, obverse legend obscure
6 6     Gorny 102 (24/05/2000), 391
7 7     NY: 1944.100.66393, obverse legend obscure
8 8     NY: 1944.100.66394, obverse legend obscure
9 9     NY: 1944.100.66395
10 10     NY: 1953.171.1562, reverse legend worn
11 11     NY: 1961.154.92
12 12     P: 1201, reverse legend with additional letters in exergue
13 13     P: 1203, reverse legend with additional letters in exergue
14 14     P: 1204
15 15     P: 1283, reverse legend with additional letters in exergue
16 16     P: Y25048 (ex coll. Herny Seyrig), reverse legend with additional letters in exergue
17 17     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1728, obverse legend and end of reverse legend obscure
18 18     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1728A, reverse legend obscure
19 19     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1731, obverse legend obscure
20 20     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1732, obverse legend obscure
21 21     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1737, both legends obscure
22 22     B: I-B, obverse legend with ] KOMM[, reverse legend with POC MAR
23 23     V: no number, under 'Apamea in Phrygia' and 'Philippus'
24 24     C: SNG 5957
25 25     O
26 26     O
27 27     G: III, 206, no. 34 SNG II, no. 3209, date obscure
28 28     V: GR 21753