RPC IV.1, 8299 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8299 (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
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ
Reverse design Nike advancing, left, holding wreath and palm-branch; to left, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 2, 6, 7
Reference Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 33–5
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 209/1978, found in Macedonia, around 1973
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     ✸ G: I, 372, no. 54 SNG I, no. 691