RPC IV.3, 8013 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8013 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription ΚΟΜΜΟΔω ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕ(Β) ΥΙω
Edition Κομμόδῳ Καίσαρι Σεβαστοῦ υἱῷ Κομμόδῳ Καίσ(αρι) Σεβ(αστοῦ) υἱῷ
Translation to Commodus Caesar, son of the Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΑΝ ϹΑΡΜΑ(Τ)
Edition Γερμανικὸς Σαρματικός Γερμαν(ικὸς) Σαρματ(ικός)
Translation Germanicus Sarmaticus
Reverse design decorated altar with three ears of corn
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.40 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Metcalf 138b corr.
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gorny 23 (05/11/1982), 104
2 2     Gorny 24 (14/03/1983), 95, reverse legend with СΑΡΜΑΝ(sic)
3 3     ✸ B: 1887/9
4 4     B: I-B MG 418, no. 188
5 5     G. Hirsch 208 (17/02/2000), 2154, pl. 20
6 6     Fritz Rudolf Künker 54 (07/03/2000), 2274
7 7     Hauck & Aufhäuser 15 (21/03/2000), 351, pl. 10, reverse legend with СΑΡΜΑΝ(sic)
8 8     CNG 53 (15/03/2000), 1159
9 9     O
10 10     Boston: 60.1437
11 11     Henseler 598 = Ganschow 289g = NAC, Sternberg coll., 16 Nov. 1994, lot 857
12 12     Henseler 597 = Ganschow 289g = MünzZentrum 59, 1986, lot 1155 = Gorny & Mosch 29, 1984, lot 2967
13 13     S. Oberc coll. = Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12 Apr. 2024, lot 297 = V. Wishnevsky coll.
14 14     CGT coll. ex Roma Numismatics 27, 31 May 2016, lot 291