RPC IV.1, 7803 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7803 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Γ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΠοΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ
Edition γʹ Μητροπόλεως Πὸντου Τόμεως γʹ Μητροπ(όλεως) Πὸντου Τόμεως
Translation 3, of the metropolis of Pontus, Tomis
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.00 g
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 2683 var.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Ex private coll. L. Ruzicka, reverse might be tooled, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     P: 928, on obverse reading of obverse legend and attribution to Commodus uncertain, on reverse, existence of eagle uncertain