RPC IV, 6758


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6758 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.3
Number	6758 (temporary)
Province	Syria
Region	Phoenicia
City	Berytus
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Dating	c. 184–190
Obverse inscription	]DVS AN[ (A shaped as Λ)
Edition	[---]dus An[---]
Translation	[---]dus An[---]
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription	SEC SAEC CoL BER (A shaped as Λ)
Edition	Sec(ularis) Saec(uli) col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation	Secular Games, Colony Berytus
Reverse design	nude Neptune/Poseidon standing with foot on rock (or prow?), left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	9.48 g
Axis	7
Reference	Sawaya 1304–5, BMC 108
Specimens	2 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: 1908,0110.1125	BMC 108, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius?', in L under 'Marcus Aurelius', obverse legend obscure	21.5	9.88	7		Show
2	2			P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 755	Sawaya 1305, pl. 21 (D285, R529)	23	9.08	7		Show