RPC IV.3, 6648 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6648 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ)
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing (cuirass and) paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛ Κ ϹΥ ΘΕΑ ΑϹΤΕΡΙΑ
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of goddess Asteria, right; head surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6
Reference Spijkerman 32, BMC 17
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 17 de Saulcy , obverse with cuirass and plaudamentum
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 32, pl. 56
3 3     ✸ NY: 1961.154.214 SNG 1395, in SNG weight wrongly as '6.42g'
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69410 SNG 1396, in SNG weight wrongly as '8.77'
5 5     B: v. Knobelsdorff, broken, 6.99g
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 495, pl. XXVIII
7 7     Münster: M 5962