RPC IV.1, 8856 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8856 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Pautalia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Attalos (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating 181–183/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΚΛ ΑΤΤΑΛ ΥΟΛΠΙΑϹ(sic) ΠΑΥΤΑΛ (ΤΑΛ retrograde in field)
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀττάλ(ου) Ὑολπίας Παυταλ(ίας)
Translation of the governor Claudius Attalos, of Ulpia Pautalia
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, facing, head, left, holding patera and laurel-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.22 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 181
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: (Löbb) Ruzicka, Pautalia 181, pl. IV.7 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     ✸ CNG Electronic Auction 302 (08/05/2013), 236