RPC IV, 6359


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6359 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.3
Number	6359 (temporary)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Samaria
City	Sebaste
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP CAE[ ] [COM?][ (A shapead as Λ)
Edition	Imp(erator) Cae[---] Com[---]
Translation	Emperor Caesar[---] Commodus[---]
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ ϹΥΡ ϹΙϚ
Edition	Σεβαστην(ῶν) Συρ(ίας) σιϛʹ
Translation	Sebasteans of Syria, 216
Reverse design	turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	8.14 g
Axis	12
Reference	BMC 7 corr.
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: BMC 7, pl. VIII.10 (rev.), date wrongly as 'CIA', i.e. year 211 = AD 186/7		21	8.27	12	Show
2	2 ✸	NY: 1961.154.151	SNG 1076	22	7.67	12	Show
3	3		Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 278, pl. XVIII	23	8.48		Show