RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6516 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Abila
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙc ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛ(ΗΝ[ωΝ?]) Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹΥ ΑΝϹ
Reverse design shrine with two columns enclosing statue of turreted Tyche standing, right, holding long sceptre and uncertain object; Tyche is crowned by Nike (on right) and rests foot on swimming river-god; group between two small figures on columns, extending arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 12
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Y23879/270 (ex coll. Henri Seyrig)
2 2     P: Y23879/269 (ex coll. Henri Seyrig)
3 3     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1744
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 12
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman 12
6 6     Ex Dr. Nussbaum = H. Herzfelder, RN 1936, 294, no. 3, pl. VI.10
7 7     B: (Löbb)
8 8     B: (Löbb)
9 9     Private coll.
10 10     Münster: M 5808
11 11     R. Effler coll. (ex Savoca 190th Weekly Blue, 13 Jan. 2024, lot 459)