RPC IV.1, 9506 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9506 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP M [ ] AN[
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription C L [I] COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus)Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design to left, Minerva/Athena standing, facing, head, right, holding shield and spear; to right, cult statue of Venus/Aphrodite of Acrocorinthus standing, left, holding Mars/Ares' shield before her as mirror; between, Melikertes-Palaimon on dolphin; above, bucranium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.45 g
Axis 11
Reference BCD Corinth 784
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ BCD Corinth 784