RPC IV.3, 6880 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6880 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΚΟΜΟ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟ(Ϲ)
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Κόμμ(οδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Marcus Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙ(ΑϹ) ΕΤ ΙΑ (date on altar)
Edition Μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρείας ἔτ(ους) ιαʹ
Translation of the Metropolis Caesarea, of year 11
Reverse design altar surmounted by sacred image of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.29 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference S 374, BMC 212
Specimens 19 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 212
2 2     ✸ P: 490
3 3     P: 492 Wa 6773, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'
4 4     P: 456, under 'Marcus Aurelius', obverse legend variation: ] ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС, on reverse, date not entirely certain
5 5     C: Leake 1409, Asiatic Greece, p. 38.13
6 6     V: GR 32445, reverse perhaps with star?
7 7     B: (Fox)
8 8     B: Rauch
9 9     B: Löbb, on obverse ω shaped as Ʊ
10 10     B: 1914/157
11 11     NY: 1944.100.62562, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus
12 12     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 724, pl. 30
13 13     G: II, 590, no. 64 SNG I, no. 2247
14 14     G: II, 590, no. 65 SNG I, no. 2248, double struck
15 15     Münster: M 1374
16 16     Boston: 66.58
17 17     Henseler 640 = Ganschow 308b = Lagerkatalog Künker 107, 1994, lot 75
18 18     Henseler 641 = Ganschow 308d = Müller 135, 2007, lot 1021
19 19     Henseler 642 =