RPC IV.3, 6650 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6650 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Α ΚΑΙ ΑΥΡΗ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Αὐρήλιος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Αὐρή(λιος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Φιλαδε(λφέων)
Translation of the Philadelphians
Reverse design bust of Athena wearing aegis, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.12 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Spijkerman 34, BMC 19
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 34
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 34
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 34
4 4     ✸ L: BMC 19
5 5     Private coll. N. van der Vliet
6 6     C: Burkitt 0813
7 7     CGT coll. ex Naville 35, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 301
8 8     CGT coll.
9 9     CNG 514, 20 April 2022, lot 324
10 10     Roma Numismatics 89, 28 Oct. 2021, lot 791
11 11     Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 17 May 2012, lot 1969