RPC IV.3, 6996 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6996 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Hierapolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΙ(Λ) ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΝ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Λ(ούκιον) Αἴλ(ιον) Αὐρήλιον Κόμοδον Σεβ(αστόν)
Translation for Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ Α
Edition θεᾶς Συρίας Ἱεροπολειτῶν αʹ
Translation of the goddess Syria, of the Hierapolitans, 1
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.16 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 39, Cop 60
Specimens 16 (14 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.5343 BMC 39
2 2     Cop: 60
3 3     P: 1706
4 4     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1431
5 5     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
6 6     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
7 7     P: no number, under 'Unidentified', obverse legend obscure, reverse legend partly tooled
8 8     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
9 9     B: (Fox)
10 10     B: (Löbb)
11 11     NY: 1998.18.145 Lindgren III, 1138, weight wrongly as '6.04.g
12 12     G: III, 138, no. 21 SNG II, no. 2685
13 13     V: GR 21015
14 14     V: GR 28440
15 15     Richard McAlee coll.
16 16     J.G. Kiss coll. = Nummitra 44, 9 Dec. 2024, lot 236