RPC IV.1, 9519 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9519 (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-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design agonistic table with statue of Melikertes-Palaimon lying on back of dolphin and pine wreath; beneath table, amphora; to left, trident; to right, laurel-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.97 g
Axis 5, 11
Reference BCD Corinth 800
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18273486, 1900/433
2 2     BCD Corinth 800
3 3     V-Universität: Inv. 8540