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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6362 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6362 (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 | [ϹΕΒ]ΑϹΤΗ ϹΥΡ L [ϚΙϹ?] (date retrograde) |
Edition | Σεβαστη(νῶν) Συρ(ίας) L(αμπύς) |
Translation | of the Sebasteans of Syria, of year 216 |
Reverse design | temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of turreted Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on small sphinx, left, holding human bust and long sceptre; in outer columnations, female figures standing, facing each other |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 29 mm |
Average weight | 14.33 g |
Axis | 6, 7 |
Reference | BMC, p. xl |
Specimens | 2 (2 in the core collections) |