RPC IV.3, 6417 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6417 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) ; Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription IMP ANTONINVS ET COMMODVS AVGI(sic)
Obverse design laureate-headed busts of Marcus Aurelius (on left) and Commodus (on right, youthful), facing each other, both wearing cuirass and paludamentum
Reverse inscription COL AEL CAP (all As shaped as Λ)
Reverse design Roma (or Minerva?) seated, left, holding Victory/Nike and spear; in front of seat, cuirass and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 58, BMC 54
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. V. Klagsbald, Paris = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 58, pl. 81
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 54, pl. IX.16 (rev.)