RPC IV.1, 6953 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6953 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Amphipolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤο Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜο ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝοΝ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Κόμο(δον) Ἀντωνεῖνον
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠοΛ[ΕΙΤω?]Ν
Edition Ἀμφιπολειτῶν
Translation of the Amphipolitans
Reverse design turreted Artemis Tauropolos standing, left, holding long torch and branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.94 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gotha cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Peus 360 (27/04/1999), 602, pl. 23
3 3     SNG Evelpidis 1188
4 4     Private coll., Charlottesville, VA, perhaps with additional obverse legend variation .… ΚοΜ ΑΝΤωΝƐΙΝο