RPC IV.1, 9326 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9326 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Maronea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ([Τ]) [ΚΑΙ] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Κόμμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρωνειτῶν
Translation of the Maroneans
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, left, holding (bunch of grapes), chlamys and two spears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.73 g
Axis 12
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 1707–8a, Cop 649
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 649 Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 1707, pl. 92, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, on rev., Dionysus with grapes
2 2     Warsaw: 167144,
3 3     ✸ P: 846 Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 1708, pl. 92, on rev., Dionysus without grapes
4 4     Boutin no. 2245, pl. 97 = Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 1708a, pl. 92, on rev., Dionysus without grapes