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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Γ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΠοΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜΕΩϹ
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding patera over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference AMNG 2683 var.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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