RPC IV.1, 8309 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8309 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[ ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοΝ
Edition Αὐ[---] Ἀντωνεῖνον
Translation for emperor[---] 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 standing with foot on helmet, right, holding palm-branch, inscribing shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.63 g
Axis 2, 8
Reference Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 46–8
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Istanbul
2 2     ✸ G: I, 372, no. 52 SNG I, no. 689
3 3     Veroia, Archaeological Museum