RPC IV.3, 6651 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6651 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(ΑΙ) Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ϹΕ[
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμοδος Σε[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Se[---]
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛ Κ Ϲ ΗΡΑΚΛΙοΝ ΑΡΜΑ
Edition Φιλ(αδελφέων) Κ(οίλης) Σ(υρίας) Ἡράκλιον ἄρμα
Translation of the Philadelphians of Coele Syria, Herculean chariot
Reverse design sacred wagon of Heracles with domed roof on four pillars drawn by four horses, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.34 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 35, BMC 20
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 35, pl. 57, on l.?, perhaps with additional obverse legend variation
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 35, pl. 57, on r.?
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 20, pl. VI.12 (rev.)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69411 SNG 1397
5 5     V: GR 21987
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 496, pl. XXVIII