RPC IV.3, 6885 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6885 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year 13
Dating AD 191/2
Obverse inscription Μ Α ΚοΜ ΑΝΤωΝΙ
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ ΕΤ ΓΙ (date on altar)
Edition Μητροπόλ(εως) Καισαρείας ἔτ(ους) γιʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, of year 13
Reverse design altar surmounted by sacred image of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.53 g
Axis 12
Reference S 379, BMC 214
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 214
2 2     ✸ NY: 1965.168.36
3 3     Henseler 649 = Ganschow 314g = Gärtner 32, 2015, lot 34259(a) = Blançon Liste 65, 2008, lot 547