RPC IV.1, 8708 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8708 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Magistrate Memmios Markos (heros for the second time)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗ(Λ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ Κ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμοδος Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ (Μ) ΜΑΡΚΟΥ (ΗΡΩΟϹ) ΤΟ Β ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design Corinthian helmet, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.11 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1438–40
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1438, pl. 75 (V75 and R119)
2 2     Madrid Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1439/1, pl. 75 (V76 and R120)
3 3     Rome
4 4     ✸ Mu: 12 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1440/1, pl. 75 (V77 and R121), obverse legend with ΚΟΝΟΔΟС(sic)
5 5     P: 404, obverse legend with ΚΟΝΟΔΟС(sic)