RPC IV.1, 7479 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7479 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Boeotia
City Tanagra
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒΗϹ (facing outward)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Εὐσεβής
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΝΑΓΡΑΙωΝ (may be facing outward)
Edition Ταναγραίων
Translation of the Tanagreans
Reverse design nude Hermes standing, right, resting right hand on hip, holding caduceus (over altar) and chlamys; (behind, to right, eagle seated in tree)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.48 g
Axis 3, 9, 11, 12
Reference Cop 240 corr., F. Imhoof-Blumer, NZ 1877, 31, no. 110$ corr.
Specimens 6 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 584
2 2     ✸ P: 585A
3 3     Cop: 240, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'
4 4     V: GR 12677 F. Imhoof-Blumer, NZ 1877, 31, no. 110
5 5     B: I-B, under 'Marcus Aurelius'
6 6     B: Rauch, under 'Marcus Aurelius'