RPC IV.3, 7058 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7058 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription ΚΟΜΜΟΔω ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΥΙω
Edition Κομμόδῳ Καίσ(αρι) Σεβ(αστῷ) υἱῷ
Translation to Commodus Caesar, son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΑΝ ϹΑΡΜΑΤ
Edition Γερμαν(ικὸς) Σαρματ(ικός)
Translation Germanicus Sarmaticus
Reverse design eagle standing on club, facing, head, right, spreading wings
Metal silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.51 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Metcalf 140, S 363, BMC ('Antioch in Syria') 344
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 344, under 'Antioch in Syria' = S 363, fig. 78 = Walker 3194: AR: 58.5
2 2     ✸ NY: 1993.8.1 Metcalf 140, pl. 54
3 3     Henseler 594 = Ganschow 288 = Blançon Liste 65, März 2008, lot 537
4 4     V. Wishnevsky coll.; ex Gorny 29, 1984, lot 2963