RPC IV.2, 896 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 896 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Halicarnassus
Region Caria
City Halicarnassus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑϹϹΕΩΝ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Reverse design bearded male figure (Zeus Askraios?) standing, facing, wearing radiate crown; between two trees, in each of which a bird sits
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979-1-1-1877 vA 2533
2 2     C SNG 4721 = Leake 1829, Asiatic Greece, p. 64.8
3 3     P: 652 Wa 2384
4 4     Ex private coll. R. Pudill, sold as part of lot by Fritz Rudolf Künker 288 (13/03/2017)
5 5     CNG Electronic Auction 145 (09/08/2006), 211