RPC IV.1, 8893 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8893 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Pautalia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Caecilius Maternus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 187
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Ϲ inverted)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑϹ ϹΤΡΥΜΩΝ
Reverse design river-god (Strymon, bearded) reclining, left, holding branch(?) and reed; resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 7
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 198
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Ruzicka, Pautalia 198, pl. V.17 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin