RPC IV.3, 7080 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7080 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμο(δος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ ΠΑΤ ΠΑΤ
Edition ὕπατος γ' πατὴρ πατρίδος ὕπατος γ' πατ(ὴρ) πατ(ρίδος)
Translation consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with trees; on summit, Helios standing, left, holding globe and long sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.56 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Metcalf 146b-c, S Suppl. 370a, Cop 250
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1983.159.42 Metcalf Hoard 798, pl. 45, obverse legend as 'ΑΥΤ Μ .…
2 2     Cop: 250
3 3     Henseler 603 = Ganschow 294c = Vecchi 7, 1997, lot 1348