RPC IV.2, 8870 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 8870 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus: Group 5 (whiskers and GERMANICVS)
Dating c. 179
Obverse inscription COMMODO CAE AV GER
Edition Commodo Cae(sari) Au(gusto) Ger(manico)
Translation to Commodus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful with whiskers) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVG TROAD
Edition col(oniae) Aug(ustae) Troad(is)
Translation of the Augustan colony of the Troad
Reverse design she-wolf standing, right, head, left, feeding twins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.14 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 77
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 77
2 2     ✸ V: GR 30080
3 3     SNG Arikantürk I, no. 104