RPC IV.2, 9946 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9946 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Thyatira
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Aurelius Demostratos (strategos)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus
Dating c. 178–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ[ ] ΔΗΜΟϹΤ[ΡΑΤΟΥ] ΘΥΑΤΕΙΡΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design nude Apollo-Tyrimnaios standing in galloping quadriga, right, wearing radiate crown(?), holding double axe(?) and laurel-branch(?); below, river-god(?) reclining, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 2423
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb, both sides with signs of tooling GRPCL Thyateira 223 = Hochard 2423a, pl. 142
1 1     ✸ V: GR 19681 (Medaillon), under 'Tralles' Kraft, p. 187, pl. 87.10, under 'Tralles' = GRPCL 'Tralles (formerly Seleukeia)' 252