RPC IV.3, 6590 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6590 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Pella
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛ Π Τ Κ ΠΕΛ Τ Π ΝΥ Φ ΚΟ ϹΥ ΜϹ
Edition Φιλ(ιππέων) π(ρὸς) τ(ῶν) κ(αὶ) Πελ(λαίων) τ(ῶν) π(ρὸς) Νυ<μ>φ(αίῳ) Κο(ίλης) Συ(ρίας) μσʹ
Translation of the Philippeans, also called Pellans, near the Nymphaion(?), of Coele-Syria, 240
Reverse design Nymphaeum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 33.16 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 11
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1973/36, obverse lightly double struck
2 2     IMJ: Rosenberger 59, no. 4 Spijkerman 11, pl. 46, worn, obverse legend obscure, perhaps Marcus Aurelius rather than Commodus