RPC IV.3, 6279 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6279 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Rhosus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΙС (219)
Dating 177/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚοΜοΔοΝ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τορα) Κόμοδον Σ(εβαστὸν)
Translation for Emperor Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΡωϹΕωΝ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΕΤ ΘΙϹ
Edition Ῥωσέων ἱερᾶς ἔτ(ους) θισʹ
Translation of the Rhosians, sacred, year 219
Reverse design draped bust of Hecate-Selene (head assimilated to portrait of Crispina?), right; behind her shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.72 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante, Rhosus 78–9, BMC 2
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 2, pl. XXXII.2 (rev.) Levante, Rhosus 78, pl. 43
2 2     NY: 1944.100.66539