RPC IV.3, 7718 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7718 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Verbe
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΚοΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΟΥΕΡΒΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Οὐερβιανῶν
Translation of the Verbeans
Reverse design nude Dionysus (youthful) standing, facing, head, left, holding cantharus over panther and bunch of grapes; to right, small Satyr standing, facing, supporting Dionysus' bunch of grapes, holding pedum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.23 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Pisid. I, 1400–5, E.S.G. Robinson, JHS 34 (1914), 40, no. 171$
Specimens 6 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979-1-1-2524 vA 5379 = vA Pisid. I, 1400, pl. 35
2 2     V: GR 33625
3 3     B: Löbb, authenticity doubtful: cast?
4 4     ✸ P: 950 SNG 2242 = E. Babelon, RN 1893, 342, no. 41, misreading obverse legend as 'ΑΥΤ.Μ.ΑΥ …'
5 5     P: 954 SNG 2241 = Wa 4035
6 6     O E.S.G. Robinson, JHS 34 (1914), 40, no. 171