RPC IV.2, 8467 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8467 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Parium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler: Issue 2 (»Kyzikos«)
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription IMP CAI(sic) L COMODVS (L shaped as Λ)
Edition Imperator Caesar Lucius Commodus Imp(erator) Ca{i}<e>(sar) L(ucius) Commodu(s)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C G I H P
Edition colonia Gemella Iulia Hadriana Pariana c(olonia) G(emella) I(ulia) H(adriana) P(ariana)
Translation the Julian twin colony of Hadrianic Parium
Reverse design founder as priest ploughing with two oxen, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 1.87 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18317295, 1906 Löbbecke
2 2     L: BMC 101
3 3     V: GR 31746 J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 3330, not illustrated
4 4     P: 1028 (4) (Seymour de Ricci) SNG 1488
5 5     CNA 15 (05/06/1991), 384
6 6     CGT coll.