RPC IV.3, 6491 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6491 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Abgar VIII
Person (obv.) Abgar VIII (king)
Issue Abgar VIII, son of Ma´nu VIII
Dating 179–192
Obverse inscription (ΑΥ(Τ)) ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs may be shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΒΓΑΡΟϹ ΒΑϹΙΛΕ(ΥϹ) (Αs may be shaped as Λs)
Edition Ἀβγαρος βασιλεὺς
Translation Abgar the king
Reverse design draped bust of Abgar (bearded) wearing diademed tiara, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 1.86 g
Axis 3, 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 11–13, Cop 193 and 195
Specimens 28 (27 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 11
2 2     L: BMC 12
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 13, pl. XIII.14
4 4     P: 1930 E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 248, no. 16, pl. IV.4 (drawing)
5 5     P: 1932, broken, 1.34g
6 6     P: 1933
7 7     P: 1934 E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 248, no. 15a, pl. IV.2 (drawing)
8 8     P: 1935
9 9     P: 1929
10 10     P: 1931 E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 248, no. 15b, pl. IV.3 (drawing), interpretation as Commodus not certain
11 11     Mu: 48
12 12     Mu: 49, worn, obverse legend obscure
13 13     NY: 1944.100.65857
14 14     NY: 1944.100.65858
15 15     V: GR 22838, under 'Marcus Aurelius'
16 16     V: GR 22841
17 17     V: GR 22843
18 18     V: GR 22844, perhaps additional obverse legend variation: ]? ΚΑΙСΑΡ [ΑΝ or ΑV?] ΚΟΜΟΔΟС
19 19     V: GR 22845
20 20     Cop: 193
21 21     Cop: 195
22 22     O
23 23     O
24 24     O
25 25     B: 17038
26 26     B: v. Knobelsdorff, perhaps additional obverse legend variation: ΚΑΙСΑΡ [ΑΝ or ΑV?] ΚΟΜΟΔΟС
27 27     B: v. Knobelsdorff, reverse legend with ΑΒΓΑΡΟV
28 28     D. Bodnar coll.