RPC IV.1, 8859 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 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 ἡγε(μόνος) Ἰου(λίου) Κάστου Οὐλπίας Παυταλίας
Translation of the governor 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 31 mm
Average weight 18.01 g
Axis 12
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 185, BMC 14
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 14 Ruzicka, Pautalia 185, pl. II.9 (rev.)