RPC IV, 6483


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6483 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.3
Number	6483 (temporary)
Province	Mesopotamia
Region	Mesopotamia
City	Carrhae
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	[ ]
Edition	[---]
Translation	[---]
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	ΚΑΡ[ ] [ΦΙΛ]ΟΡω (facing outward)
Edition	Καρ[---] Φιλορω(μαῖων)
Translation	of the Carrhaeans[---] friends to the Romans
Reverse design	crescent on filleted globe surmounted by star; globe resting on base
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	14 mm
Average weight	1.60 g
Axis	4, 6, 12
Reference	BMC 3
Specimens	4 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	L: BMC 3, pl. XII.5 (rev.), obverse legend obscure	12	1.58	4	Show
2	2 ✸	P: 1835	15	1.69	12	Show
3	3	L: G 2004	14	1.50	12	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.65812, both legends obscure, attribution to this type not entirely certain	13	1.64	6	Show