RPC IV.3, 6909 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6909 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥ ΚοΜο ΑΝΤωΝΙ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμο(δος) Ἀντωνῖ(νος)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡο ΚΑΙϹΑΡΙ ΕΤ ΓΙ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Καισαρίας ἔτους γιʹ Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισαρί(ας) ἔτ(ους) γιʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 13
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing sacred image of Mount Argaeus on altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 17.20 g
Axis 12
Reference S Suppl. 384a-c
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.62570 Weber 7812, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus
2 2     vA 6448
3 3     Numismatic Review 1943, no. 13
4 4     Knoblock 13, no. 20
5 5     Henseler 664 = Ganschow 323b = M&M Deutschland 1, 1997, lot 464