RPC IV.3, 7100 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7100 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
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 ΠΑΤΡ
Edition ὕπατος γʹ πατ(ὴρ) πατρ(ίδος)
Translation consul for the third time, Father of the Fatherland
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.63 g
Axis 12
Reference Metcalf 151 corr.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1983.159.57 Metcalf Hoard 833, pl. 46