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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6769 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IV.3 |
| Number | 6769 (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 | laureate-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 | 12.63 g |
| Axis | 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 |
| Reference | Sawaya 1242–50, Rouvier 549 (and 544) |
| Specimens | 13 (8 in the core collections) |
Specimens of this coin type
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NY: 1944.100.70322 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Sawaya 1242, pl. 20 (D274, R500) | |
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P: no number, ex Ready, under 'Antoninus Pius', obverse legend obscure | Sawaya 1243, pl. 20 (D275, R501) |
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NY: 1944.100.70323 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut) = Sawaya 1244, pl. 20 (D276, R502) | |
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Lindgren III, 1379 = Sawaya 1245, pl. 20 (D277, R503) | |
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MNB 1010 | |
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MNB 1011 | |
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MNB 1009 | |
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P | Bab 1247 corr. |
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P: no number, under 'Unidentified', obverse legend obscure | |
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Mu: 8, under 'Byblus', obverse legend obscure | |
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V: GR 22066 | |
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