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 Αὐτοκράτωρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστός 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 πατὴρ πατρίδος 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

# Specimen 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