RPC IV.1, 7516 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7516 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Secundus Servilianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating 188–192
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ?] [Α]ΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΡοΥΕΙΛΙΑΝ[ ]? ΦΙΛΙΠΠοΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἡγεμονεύοντος Καικιλίου Σερουειλιαν--- Φιλιπποπολειτῶν ἡγε(μονεύοντος) Και(κιλίου) Σερουειλιαν[---] Φιλιπποπολειτῶν
Translation during the governorship of Caecilius Servilian[---] of the Philippopolitans
Reverse design emperor standing in biga, left, holding patera and reins; behind, tree; in exergue, urn from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.15 g
Axis 7
Reference Mouchmov, Philip. 162; Varbanov, Philippopolis Commodus XI.16
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ex private coll. L. Ruzicka = Mouchmov, Philip. 162, pl. XIV (rev.)
2 2     Helios 7, 12 Dec. 2011, lot 540
3 3     Private coll. Hugh Williams, UK
4 4     Naumann 86, 20 Feb. 2020, lot 324 ex Gorny & Mosch 267, 17 Oct. 2019, lot 3429
5 5     ✸ Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1815 ex Fritz Rudolf Künker 193, 26 Sep. 2011, lot 820 ex Numismatik Lanz München 149, 24 June 2010, lot 425