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Image of specimen #12 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6768 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.3 |
Number | 6768 (temporary) |
Province | Syria |
Region | Phoenicia |
City | Berytus |
Reign | Commodus |
Person (obv.) | Commodus (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | IMP COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG (all As shaped as Λ) |
Edition | Imp(erator) Commodus Antoninus Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Emperor Commodus Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | radiate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, 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 | temple with four columns enclosing statue of turreted Fortuna/Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on prow, facing, holding long standard, raising dress with left hand; to right, Victoria/Nike standing on column, left, crowning Fortuna/Tyche |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 12.47 g |
Axis | 1, 5, 6, 11, 12 |
Reference | Sawaya 1251–72, Rouvier 548, BMC 113–14, Cop 105 |
Specimens | 27 (21 in the core collections) |