RPC IV.1, 8711 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8711 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Demosthenes
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΟϹΘΕΝΟΥϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design Corinthian helmet, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1443
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 7466 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1443, pl. 75 (V80 and R124) = Cat. 151, no. 79
2 2     Classical Numismatic Review [CNG] 26 (Summer 2001), 75
3 3     ✸ CNG 43 (24/09/1997), 929, reverse legend probably tooled: ] ΑΡΗ(sic) ΚΟΜΟΔΟС