RPC IV.3, 8502 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8502 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Philadelphia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ Α[Υ]ΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κομμόδ(ος) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωΝ ΤΗϹ ΚΗΤΙΔΟϹ(sic)
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, left, holding patera and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1976.156.4
2 2     V: GR 29324
3 3     Levante 579
4 4     Leeds-UL: 975
5 5     Boston: 63.930