RPC IV.3, 6479 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6479 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΡ]ΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΓΕΡΜ ϹΑΡΜ[
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹ Τ ϹΚΥΘ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ Τ ϹΥΡ ΕΛ ΠΟΛ ΘΛϹ
Reverse design nude Dionysus advancing, right, brandishing thyrsus, placing hand on small figure advancing, right; to left, two small figures advancing, left, bending forward
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 21 corr.
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ J-SBF Spijkerman 21, pl. 42, misreading date as 'ΘΜС = year 249 = AD 185/6'