RPC IV.3, 7083 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7083 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Ἀν(τωνῖνος) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ ΠΑΤ ΠΑΤΡΙ
Edition ὕπατος γʹ πατ(ὴρ) πατρί(δος)
Translation consul for the third time, Father of the Fatherland
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with trees; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.19 g
Axis 1, 5, 10, 11, 12
Reference Metcalf 148a
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1983.159.55 Metcalf Hoard 811, pl. 45
2 2     NY: 1983.159.54 Metcalf Hoard 812, pl. 45
3 3     Fund 212, pl. 12
4 4     Fund 213, pl. 12
5 5     Fund 214, pl. 12
6 6     Fund 215, pl. 12, reverse legend slightly tooled
7 7     Fund 216, pl. 12
8 8     NY: 1944.100.59961
9 9     ✸ L: 1981-9-15-2
10 10     B: (Löbb)
11 11     B: (Löbb)
12 12     Peus 369 (31/10/2001), 1194, pl. 56
13 13     J.G. Kiss coll. = Zeus Numismatics 22, lot 478