RPC IV.3, 6649 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6649 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΜοΔοϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωΝ Κ Ϲ
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.73 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Spijkerman 33 and 33a, BMC 18
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 18, pl. VI.11
2 2     P: 327
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 33, pl. 56, on l.
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 33, pl. 56, on r.
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman 33a, pl. 56
6 6     Bern: Righetti 2221
7 7     O