RPC IV.3, 8071 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8071 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Μ ΚΟΜΟ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ(Ο(c))
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑ(Ϲ) ΕΤ ΑΙ (date on altar)
Reverse design altar surmounted by sacred image of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 6, 11, 12
Reference S Addenda, p. 136, no. 11 and 13, S Suppl. 346a corr.
Specimens 21 (15 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Baldwin's
2 2     Ex private coll. Woodward, reverse legend with ... ΚΑСΑΡΙΑС(sic) ...
3 3     P: 486, probably = Wa 6769, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius' = S Suppl. 346a corr., obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'
4 4     P: 459A, under 'Marcus Aurelius' = Wa 6770, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius'
5 5     P: 465A, under 'Lucius Verus'
6 6     P: no number, at end of Caesarea
7 7     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-2709 vA 6446, in vA weight '18.40'
8 8     NY: 1911.87.26, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus
9 9     NY: 1944.100.62565, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus
10 10     NY: 1947.97.511, under Cappadocia Mt. Argaeus
11 11     Mu: 60
12 12     Mu: 53
13 13     V: GR 20133
14 14     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 1052, pl. 57
15 15     B: (Löbb)
16 16     O
17 17     C: no number, pierced, 13.44g
18 18     G: II, 590, no. 66, pl. 62.64 SNG I, no. 2249, obverse tooled to Μ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС СƐΒ
19 19     Boston: 63.2638
20 20     Henseler 643 = Ganschow 309b = Hirsch 195, 1997, lot 762 = Hirsch 191, 1996, lot 1180
21 21     Henseler 644 = Ganschow 309f = CNG 25, 1993, lot 867