RPC IV.1, 8893 (temporary)

 

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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 ΚΟΜΟΔΟ-Ϲ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑϹ ϹΤΡΥΜΩΝ
Edition ἡγεμονεύοντος Καικιλίου Ματέρνου Παυταλίας Στρυμών ἡγε(μονεύοντος) Και(κιλίου) Ματέρνου Παυταλίας Στρυμών
Translation during the governorship of Caecilius Maternus, of Pautalia, Strymon
Reverse design river-god (Strymon, bearded) reclining, left, holding branch(?) and reed; resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.26 g
Axis 7
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 198
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Ruzicka, Pautalia 198, pl. V.17 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Wildwinds Sep. 2025