RPC IV.3, 9813 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 9813 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Nicopolis Seleucidis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ]? ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤω (Αs shaped as Λs)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟ[ΠΟΛΕΙΤω?]Ν ΤΗϹ ϹΕ(ΛΕ)
Reverse design male figure (Dionysus) advancing, left, holding short object (pedum, whip?) over uncertain object (panther, eagle?) and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 8111
2 2     V: GR 21802
3 3     Cat. Welzl de W., no. 6845