RPC IV.1, 8294 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8294 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Μ Α[ΥΡ ΚΟΜΜ?] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοΝ
Edition Αὐτοκ(ράτορα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Κομμ(όδον) Ἀντωνεῖνον
Translation for Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, 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 26 mm
Average weight 13.33 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 26–8
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 28676/23 Cat. 133 = Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 26, pl. 19 (V21, R23)
2 2     Mu: 104a Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 27, pl. 19 (R24), obverse legend with ΑΝΤΩ{ΝΕ}ΙΝοΝ
3 3     A: 269/1968 Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 28, pl. 19 (V22 'wrongly 'V32', R25), obverse legend with ΑΝΤΩ{ΝΕ}ΙΝοΝ