RPC IV.1, 9525 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9525 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Caecilius Maternus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 187
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass decorated with bust of Athena and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ(Ε) ΚΑΙΚ(ΙΛ) ΜΑΤΕΡΝοΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Καικιλ(ίου) Ματέρνου Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the governor Caecilius Maternus, of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design Zeus standing, facing, head, left, holding patera over eagle and resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.72 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference H&J (2006) 6.10.1.1-2, H&J (2014) 6.10.1.1-2
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1900/834 H. Dressel, ZfN 24 (1904), p. 26, pl. I.12
2 2     Peus 366, M. Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000), lot 309
3 3     O Peus 360, 27 Apr. 1999), lot 567
4 4     Duisburg Köhler-Osbahr 609
5 5     O: reverse with thunderbolt
8 8     Private coll. Tom Mullally, reverse with patera and long sceptre
9 9     C. Rhodes coll.
10 10     Concordia Numismatic 18, 25 July 2024, lot 508
11 11     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1862
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 233, 6 Oct. 2015, lot 1861
13 13     Rauch 111, 3 Dec. 2020, lot 567
14 14     CNG EA 530, 4 Jan. 2023, lot 464