RPC IV.3, 6910 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6910 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμο(δος) Ἀντωνῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ ΠΑΤ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟϹ
Edition ὕπατος γʹ πατὴρ πατρίδος ὕπατος γʹ πατ(ὴρ) πατρίδος
Translation consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with trees; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.18 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Metcalf —
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1986.76.15 Metcalf Hoard 815, pl. 46
2 2     Henseler 606 = Ganschow 295g = Müller 64, 1990, lot 461 = Weiser 210.