RPC IV, 8309


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8309 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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 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 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	11.59 g
Axis	2, 6, 8
Reference	Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 46–8
Specimens	4 (1 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	Istanbul		27	10.97	2	Show
2	2 ✸	G: I, 372, no. 52	SNG I, no. 689	27	12.28	8	Show
3	3		Veroia, Archaeological Museum	27		8	Show
4	4		CGT coll.	26	11.52	6	Show