RPC IV.3, 6461 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6461 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Gaza
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΜοΔΟ[Ϲ?]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΙω ΓΑΖΑ ΔΜ[Ϲ]
Edition Εἰὼ Γάζα δμσʹ
Translation Io, Gaza, 244
Reverse design to left, Io standing, right; to right, Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding cornucopia; both clasping hands; between, Gaza-symbol (mem)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.51 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 107
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 107
2 2     C: Lewis 1993
3 3     C: Lewis 1994, on reverse, date obscure