RPC IV.1, 9518 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9518 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM
Edition Commodo Caes(ari) Fil(io) Aug(usti) Germ(anico)
Translation Commodus, Caesar, son of Augustus, Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Commodus (youthful), 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 Melikertes-Palaimon riding on dolphin, right, dolphin with head downwards, right, all on decorated base (or altar?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.83 g
Axis 2, 11
Reference BCD Corinth 822
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ BCD Corinth 822
2 2     B: I-B NCP, p. 12, no. 1, pl. B.XVI (rev.)