RPC IV.1, 6952 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6952 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Secundus Servilianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating 188–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ ΚΑΙ [ϹΕΡ?]ΟΥΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ Α[Γ?]ΧΙΑΛΕΩ[Ν]
Edition ἡγ(εμόνος) Και(κίλιου) Σερουιλιανοῦ Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the governor Caecilius Servilianus, of the Anchialians
Reverse design nude male figure (Ares, warrior or founder?) standing, left, extending right arm(?), holding shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.19 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Peus 360 (27/04/1999), 585, pl. 22, under 'Hadrianoplis in Thrace'
2 2     Private coll., Charlottesville, VA
3 3     ✸ Savoca Numismatik Blue 15 (19/01/2019), 969, reverse tooled?