RPC IV.1, 8944 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8944 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Pautalia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ) ΚΑΙ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑϹ
Edition Οὐλπίας Παυταλίας
Translation of Ulpia Pautalia
Reverse design temple with four columns in perspective enclosing statue of Asclepius standing, facing, holding serpent-staff; temple between two trees
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.35 g
Axis 4, 7
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 258–9
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 969 (ex 790)
2 2     Sofia: 2745 Mouchmov 4147, worn = Ruzicka, Pautalia 258, pl. V.10 (rev.), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     P: 968 (ex 789)
4 4     NY: 2000.5.35
5 5     ✸ Private coll.