RPC IV.2, 835 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 835 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Alliance with Aphrodisias
Dating c. 182–184
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κομμόδος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΦΡοΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων καὶ Ἀφροδεισιέων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Antiocheans and the Aphrodisians
Reverse design to left, cult statue of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias standing, right, wearing kalathos, holding dove; to right, Zeus (Kapitolios) seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 27.29 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference KM 517, no. 2, D. MacDonald, The Coinage of Aphrodisias (London, 1992), homonoia type C
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type