RPC IV.3, 6689 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6689 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ϹΥ
Dating AD 179/80
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Λ(ούκιον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Κομμόδον
Translation for Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΕωΝ ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΕΤ ΓΜϹ
Edition Πομπηιέων Γαδαρέων ἔτ(ους) γμσʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarenians, of year 243
Reverse design galley with rowers and helmsman, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 29.35 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Spijkerman 66 and Spijkerman Suppl. 66a, G. Le Rider, RN 1959, 19, no. 26
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y28359/11 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig) Spijkerman 66, pl. 30 = G. Le Rider, RN 1959, 19, no. 26, pl. II
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 66
3 3     IMJ: Rosenberger 61 Spijkerman Suppl. 66a
4 4     Mabbott 2639
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 670