RPC IV.3, 6582 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6582 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Antioch ad Hippum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ [Λ?] ΑΥ ΑΝ[Τω?] ΚΟΜ[
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Κόμ--- Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Κόμ[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Antoninus Kom[---]
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (lightly bearded - short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧ ΠΡ ΙΠ ΙΕΡ ΑϹϹΥΛ(sic) ΗΜϹ
Edition Ἀντιόχεια πρὸς Ἵππῳ ἱερὰ ἄσυλος ημσʹ Ἀντιόχ(εια) πρ(ὸς) Ἵππ(ῳ) ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσ{σ}υλ(ος) ημσʹ
Translation Antioch ad Hippum, sacred, inviolable, 248
Reverse design turreted Tyche standing, left, holding cornucopia and bridle of horse standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.84 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 25(1) corr., BMC 3
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 3, pl. XXXVIII.1 (rev.)
2 2     C: Leake 1206, Asiatic Greece, p. 22.6
3 3     H. Williams coll.
4 4     CGT coll. ex CNG 303, 29 May 2013, lot 269