RPC IV.3, 7285 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7285 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Galilaea
City Tiberias
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α[ΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ[ΜΟ]ΔΟΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορος) Κ(αίσαρος) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Κομμόδου
Translation of Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΤΙΒ Κ ϹΥΡ ΠΑ ΕΤ ΡΟ
Edition Τιβ(ερίας) Κ(λαυδιόπολις) Συρ(ίας) Πα(λαιστίνης) ἔτ(ους) ροʹ
Translation Tiberias Claudiopolis of Syria Palaestina, of year 170
Reverse design nude Poseidon standing, left, holding dolphin, resting foot on galley with sail and rowers, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 27.80 g
Reference Kindler, Tiberias, 60, no. 12, Meshorer, City-Coins, pp. 35 and 113, no. 85
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ J-SBF Kindler, Tiberias, 60, no. 12, pl. 95–6 (obv. and rev. enlarged) = Meshorer, City-Coins, pp. 35 and 113, no. 85, illustrated