RPC IV.2, 732 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 732 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚ(Ο)
Edition Κυζικηνῶν νεωκό(ρων)
Translation of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design galley with rowers and helmsman, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.08 g
Axis 1, 2, 12
Reference BMC 245
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     Mu: 117
4 4     Falghera 1163
5 5     MünzZentrum 47 (10/11/1982), 120
6 6     H.D. Rauch 73 (17/05/2004), 448 = H.D. Rauch Mail Bid Sale 8 (01/10/2004), 233 = Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 37 (23/11/2012), 81
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 212 (05/03/2013), 2412, both sides with signs of tooling
8 8     O
9 9     Çanakkale: Inv. 10807 SNG Turkey 3.I, no. 51
10 10     ✸ CNG Electronic Auction 178 (12/12/2007), 76
11 11     Wendt-Numismatica 17 (22/06/1977), coll. Hollschek, 281b, pl. 10
12 12     Private coll. CGT = Naville Numismatics 18 (01/11/2015), 205
13 13     Çanakkale: Inv. 279 SNG Turkey 3.I, no. 54