RPC IV.3, 6765 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6765 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CoMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG (all As shaped as Λ)
Obverse design radiate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription SEC SAEC COL BER (A may be shaped as Λ)
Reverse design two military standards, each surmounted by eagle; in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference Sawaya 1306–24, Rouvier 545, BMC 118
Specimens 23 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     BL 213 = Sawaya 1306, pl. 21 (R530)
2 2     BL 214 = Sawaya 1307, pl. 21 (R531)
3 3     C: SNG 6021, obverse as 'laureate' = Leake 1340, Asiatic Greece, p. 32.12
4 4     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 761 Sawaya 1309, pl. 21 (R532)
5 5     Beirut-AUB: Inv. 83 Baramki
6 6     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 760 Sawaya 1311, pl. 21 (D286, R533)
7 7     P Bab 1250 = Sawaya 1312, pl. 21 (R534)
8 8     NY: 1944.100.70334 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Sawaya 1313, pl. 21 (R535)
9 9     NY: 1944.100.70333 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Sawaya 1314, pl. 21 (R536)
10 10     NY: 1944.100.70332 (ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut) = Sawaya 1315, pl. 21 (R537)
11 11     ✸ L: BMC 118, pl. IX.12 (rev.) Sawaya 1316, pl. 21 (R538), reverse double struck on too large a flan
12 12     LK 226 = Sawaya 1317, pl. 21 (R539)
13 13     MNB 1015
14 14     B: (Löbb)
15 15     B: Rauch
16 16     B: I-B
17 17     MNB 1016
18 18     MNB 1017
19 19     Beirut-AUB: Inv. 82 Baramki
20 20     P: Duplicates
21 21     Mu: 25a, under 'Marcus Aurelius'
22 22     O
23 23     Freiburg: 12459