RPC IV.1, 7676 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7676 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription IMP COMMODO ANTO AVG F
Edition Imperatori Commоdo Antonini Augusti filio Imp(eratori) Commоdo Anto(nini) Aug(usti) f(ilio)
Translation to Emperor Commodus, son of Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (youthful), right
Reverse inscription COL A A PATR
Edition colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr(ensis)
Translation colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing statue of nude Mercury/Hermes seated on rock, left, wearing petasus, holding purse over ram and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.51 g
Axis 1, 6, 8
Reference Cop 199
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 199
2 2     MMAG 29 (12/06/2003), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 320
3 3     CGT coll. ex Agora Auctions - Spartan Numismatics Buy or Bid Sale 72, 30 March 2016, lot 141 ex BCD coll. ex DGP thr. Exch. June 1994 (private Peloponnese provenance)
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. ex CNG 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 329 ex BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales) ex Peiresc. 25 Nov. 1995, lot 111 (part of)