RPC IV, 7917


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7917 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.1
Number	7917 (temporary)
Province	Achaea
Region	Corinthia
City	Corinth
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Dating	c. 182–184
Obverse inscription	IMP M AVR COMO ANTON AVG
Edition	Imp(erator) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Comm(odus) Anton(inus) Aug(ustus)
Translation	Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Commodus (short beard), right
Reverse inscription	C L I COR
Edition	c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation	the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design	cult statue of Venus/Aphrodite of Acrocorinthus standing, left, holding Mars/Ares' shield before her as mirror
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	4.60 g
Axis	1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Reference	BCD Corinth 811
Specimens	8 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 956		18	5.23	9	Show
2	2	B: (Löbb)		18	4.65	1	Show
3	3 ✸	C	McClean II, 6200, pl. 218.3	18	4.38	7	Show
4	4	V: GR 13726		18	4.50	8	Show
5	5	V: GR 13727		18	5.22	6	Show
6	6		BCD Corinth 811 = Frank L. Kovacs 13 (03/06/1998), 144	18	4.85	10	Show
7	7		BCD	17	3.30	2	Show
8	8		BCD	19	4.64	6	Show