RPC IV.3, 6419 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6419 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription IMP CAES ANToNINo AVG (facing outward, all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Antonino Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, right
Reverse inscription L AV COMMODO CA GE CO A CA (facing outward, all As shaped as Λ)
Edition L(ucio) Au(relio) Commodo Ca(esari) Ge(rmanico) co(lonia) A(elia) Ca(pitolina)
Translation to Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar Germanicus, colony of Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design Commodus galloping, right, raising arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.69 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 60, BMC 57
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 60, pl. 81
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 57, pl. IX.18 (rev.)