RPC IV.3, 7099 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7099 (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 Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμ(οδος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (short beard) with traces of drapery, 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 Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.30 g
Axis 12
Reference Metcalf 150
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Metcalf Hoard 831, pl. 46
2 2     NY: 1983.159.40 Metcalf Hoard 832, pl. 46
3 3     P: 481
4 4     ✸ V. Wishnevsky coll. = Lanz 22, 1982, lot 738