RPC IV.3, 9563 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 9563 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ] [Κ]ΑΙϹ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition [---] Καῖσ(αρ) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμοδος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation [---] Caesar Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass, left
Reverse inscription ΑΔ[ΡΙΑΝΗϹ ΤΑΡϹ]ΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ[ΟΛΕΩϹ] [?
Edition Ἁδριανῆς Ταρσοῦ μητροπόλεως [---]
Translation of Hadrianic Tarsus, metropolis [---]
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, right, head, left, foot on omphalos, holding laurel-branch, resting left arm on knee
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.04 g
Axis 1, 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 12, reverse double struck
2 2     B: Cassel 1925, pierced, 12.39g