RPC IV.3, 6579 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6579 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Antioch ad Hippum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤΩ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κομ(μόδος) Ἀντω(νεῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧ ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥΛ ΗΜϹ
Edition Ἀντιοχ(έων) πρ(ὸς) Ἵππ(ῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύλ(ου) ημσʹ
Translation of the Antiochenes ad Hippum, sacred, inviolable, 248
Reverse design busts of goddess with long tresses (on left) and Zeus (on right), facing each other; each bust draped and with diadem
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.94 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 22
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.69234 SNG 1146 = Spijkerman 22, pl. 37
2 2     NY: 1944.100.69235 SNG 1147