RPC IV.1, 8293 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8293 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜΜ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοΝ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Κόμμ(οδον) Ἀντωνῖνον
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων
Translation of the Thessalonicans
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.11 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 24–5
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G: I, 372, no. 53 SNG I, no. 690 = Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 24, pl. 19 (R21)
2 2     Warsaw: 57794 Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 25, pl. 19 (V20, R22), obverse worn