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))
Edition Μ(ᾶρκος) Κόμο(δος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Marcus Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑ(Ϲ) ΕΤ ΑΙ (date on altar)
Edition μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρείας ἔτ(ους) αιʹ
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, year 11
Reverse design altar surmounted by sacred image of Mount Argaeus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.17 g
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

# Specimen 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