RPC IV.1, 8311 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8311 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription Α[ ] Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜ ΑΝΤ[ (?)
Edition Α[---] Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμ(οδος) Ἀντ[---]
Translation A[---] Marcus Aurelius Commodus Ant[---]
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΩΝ
Edition [---]κέων
Translation [---]ians
Reverse design Nike standing with foot on helmet, right, holding palm-branch, inscribing shield resting on tree-stump (or column?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.60 g
Axis 6
Reference Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 50
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 105 Touratsoglou, Commodus (Augustus) 50, pl. 19 (V34, R42)
2 2     Istanbul: 471 E. Schönert, Die Münzprägung von Perinthos (Berlin 1965), pl. 22, under 'Perinthus / Antoninus Pius'