RPC IV.1, 7858 (temporary)

 

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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)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνεῖνος Εὐσεβής
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΝΑΓΡΑΙωΝ
Edition Ταναγραίων
Translation of the Tanagreans
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
Average weight 9.74 g
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)

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