RPC IV.1, 8367 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8367 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Illyricum
City Apollonia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΟΜΜΟΔω
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΑΝ (in circle)
Reverse design nude figure (Apollo?), standing, right, holding transverse spear, extending left hand (perhaps with patera?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6
Reference Ceka —
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 11315 J. v. Schlosser, Beschreibung der altgriechischen Münzen I (Vienna 1893), 36, no. 121, both sides with signs of tooling
2 2     NY: 0000.999.7555, perhaps with different reverse design
3 3     B: 6173