RPC IV.3, 7273 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7273 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Germa
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue early in the reign of Commodus
Dating AD 180–2?
Obverse inscription IMP M AVR COM ANTONI
Edition Imp(erator) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Com(modus) Antoni(nus)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription COL AVG GERMENOR
Edition col(onia) Aug(usta) Germaeno(rum)
Translation Augustan Colony of the Germenses
Reverse design Sol standing facing, wearing chlamys, head, right, holding long torch and globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.52 g
Axis 6
Reference vA, Germa 12; KM 496, no. 1
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18248629, 1906 Löbbecke KM 496, no. 1, pl. XIX.8 = vA, Germa 12
2 2     MünzZentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 271
3 3     Naumann 107, 5 Sept. 2021, lot 1251 = Kölner Münzkabinett 108, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 126 = Müller 52, 26 June 1986, lot 182k