RPC IV.1, 8860 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8860 (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 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus 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 river-god (Strymon, bearded) reclining, left, holding vine-branch and long reed; resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.04 g
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 186
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 1238 Mouchmov 4142, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 145, 6 Oct. 2024, lot 295