RPC IV.1, 7858 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7858 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Boeotia
City Tanagra
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒΗϹ (facing outward)
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΝΑΓΡΑΙωΝ
Reverse design shrine with two columns enclosing statue of Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus; upper half of each column in form of male figure apparently supporting the roof; in exergue, Triton swimming, left, head, right, extending both arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 7, 8, 9
Reference F. Imhoof-Blumer, NZ $(1877), 33, no. 111 corrected in NZ III$, p. 80$
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 585
2 2     B: I-B F. Imhoof-Blumer, NZ 1877, 33, no. 111, reverse illustrated with drawing, obverse as 'Antoninus Pius', corrected in NZ III, p. 80
3 3     B: 28701
4 4     BCD