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)
Issue Commodus as sole emperor
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ (Α with curved crossbar)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑϹϹΕΩΝ (Α with curved crossbar)
Edition Ἁλικαρνασσέων Ἁλικαρνασσέων
Translation of the Halicarnassians
Reverse design radiate Zeus Askraios standing, facing; between two trees, each surmounted by an oracular crow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.72 g
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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