RPC IV.3, 7107 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7107 (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) with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤΟϹ Γ [Π]ΑΤ ΠΑΤΡΙ
Edition ὕπατος γʹ πατὴρ πατρίδος ὕπατος γʹ πατ(ὴρ) πατρί(δος)
Translation consul for the third time, Father of the Fatherland
Reverse design club between crescent (on left) and star (on right)
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.35 g
Axis 12
Reference Metcalf 154c corr.
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1981.95.1 Metcalf 154c, pl. 54
2 2     ✸ L: 1983-12-6-5
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     NY: 1992.153.2
5 5     Henseler 607 = Ganschow 296l
6 6     S. Oberc coll. = Solidus 139, 21 Jan. 2025, lot 332