RPC IV.3, 8597 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8597 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(ο) ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔοΝ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Μᾶρ(κον) Αὐρή(λιον) Κόμμοδον
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕωΝ ΑΠΟ ΚΑϹ (ωs may be shaped as Us, Νs may be shaped as И)
Edition Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων ἀπὸ ΚΑΣ
Translation of the Iulians also called Laodiceans from KAS(?)
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.49 g
Axis 12
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1485A, under 'Laodicea ad Lycum'
1 1     P: 1197, obverse legend obscure
2 2     P: 1198, obverse legend obscure
3 3     P: coll. Chandon de Briailles 1724, obverse legend obscure
4 4     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 683, pl. 28
5 5     O
6 6     O
7 7     V: GR 21752
8 8     Freiburg: 12406