RPC IV.3, 8046 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8046 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚ(ΗϹ) ΡωΜΑΙωΝ
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 2, 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 10, Cop 192
Specimens 12 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 10, pl. XIX.13,
2 2     ✸ P: 1836, under 'Carrhae'
3 3     P: 1838, under 'Carrhae'
4 4     P: 1839, under 'Carrhae', obverse perhaps with ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΚοΜΟΔοС only
5 5     P: Duplicates
6 6     P: Duplicates, reverse legend with ... ΡοΜΑΙ[ ΣΙΧ
7 7     P: Duplicates, reverse legend with ... ΡοΜΑΙ[ ΣΙΧ
8 8     Cop: 192, under 'Edessa in Mesopotamia', perhaps with additional obverse legend variation, reverse legend with ΡωΜƐωΝ(sic)
9 9     Mu: 4, under 'Edessa in Mesopotamia'
10 10     NY: 1944.100.65855, under 'Edessa in Mesopotamia?'
11 11     O: under 'uncertain mint, Carrhae or Edessa'
12 12     C: no number, under 'uncertain of Mesopotamia, Carrhae or Edessa'