RPC IV, 6635


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6635 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	6635 (temporary)
Province	Macedonia
Region	Macedonia
City	Cassandrea
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Issue	Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating	177–180
Obverse inscription	IM L AVR CoM (A shaped as Λ)
Edition	Im(perator) L(ucius) Aur(elius) Com(modus)
Translation	Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus (lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription	CoL IVL AVG CAS(SAN) (A shaped as Λ)
Edition	col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Cassan(drias)
Translation	Colony Julia Augusta Cassandrea
Reverse design	head of Jupiter/Zeus Ammon, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	5.47 g
Axis	6
Specimens	5 (4 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	NY: 1944.100.10378	SNG 237, reverse legend retrograde	21	6.00	6	Show
2	2	P: 610		22	5.06	6	Show
3	3	Mu: 7		18	4.12	6	Show
4	4	B: 1879/181		24	5.88	6	Show
5	5 ✸		D. G. coll. (ex Numismatik Naumann 67, 1st July /2018, lot 325, obv. emperor as 'Lucius Verus')	22	6.30		Show