RPC IV.1, 8857 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8857 (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 Κ Μ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ ΚΛΑΥ ΑΤ[Τ]ΑΛΟΥ ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑϹ
Edition ἡγ(εμονεύοντος) Κλαυ(δίου) Ἀττάλου Οὐλπίας Παυταλίας
Translation under governor Claudius Attalos, of Ulpia Pautalia
Reverse design eagle standing on thunderbolt, facing, head, right, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.00 g
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 183
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Plovdiv, National Museum 891 = Ruzicka, Pautalia 183, pl. VIII.2 (rev.)
2 2     Sofia: 8236