RPC IV.1, 8859 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8859 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Pautalia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Castus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ [ΑΥΡΗΛΙ]? ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Αὐρήλι(ος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΙΟΥ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑϹ
Edition ἡγεμονεύοντος Ἰουλίου Κάστου Οὐλπίας Παυταλίας ἡγε(μονεύοντος) Ἰου(λίου) Κάστου Οὐλπίας Παυταλίας
Translation during the governorship of Iulius Castus, Ulpia Pautalia
Reverse design nude Apollo (bearded, head assimilated to portrait of Commodus?) standing, left, holding patera over altar and laurel-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.70 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 185, BMC 14
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 14 Ruzicka, Pautalia 185, pl. II.9 (rev.)
2 2     CGT coll.