RPC IV.1, 7640 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7640 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ Α ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν Φιλιπποπολειτῶν
Translation of the Philippopolitans
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, left, holding two ears of corn and short torch (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.91 g
Reference BMC 21
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 21
2 2     Nauman 34, 2 Aug 2015, lot 557
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2465
4 4     H. D. Rauch 42, 19 Sep. 2023, lot 124