RPC IV.3, 8641 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8641 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Celenderis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔϹ(sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμμοδ<ο>ς
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), right
Reverse inscription ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΙΤωΝ
Edition Κελενδεριτῶν
Translation of the Celenderians
Reverse design Poseidon standing, facing, head, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.89 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. J.E. Hartmann, Chicago = F.M. Lauritsen, Some Greek Imperial Coins from Southeastern Asia Minor (Ph.D. thesis, University of Minnesota, 1973), 41, no. 93, pl. VIII
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 194 = Levante S1, 133, obverse with cuirass only
3 3     B: Löbb, obverse with cuirass only
4 4     P: 409 SNG 744, obverse with cuirass only
5 5     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 260, pl. 13, obverse with cuirass only
6 6     Nomos obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 660