RPC IV.3, 6686 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6686 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΚΟΜΜΟ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Κόμμο(δος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΓΜϹ
Edition Γαδαρέων γμσʹ
Translation of the Gadarenes, 243
Reverse design male bare head (lightly bearded), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.37 g
Axis 6
Reference Spijkerman 63
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 63
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 63
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 63
4 4     P: 300
5 5     ✸ Private coll. Krengel, Berlin