RPC IV.4, 3353

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3353
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 178/9
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΥΠΑΤ Β
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Σεβ(αστὸς) Ὕπατ(ος) βʹ
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Consul for the second time
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Edition (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design Apis-bull standing, right, with crescent on flank and sun disk between horns; before, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.06 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 9546
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5: same obv. die as 3354/2, 3356/1, 3366/1, 3367/1–2, 3368/1–3, 5, 3386/1. 5: same rev. die as 3316/2.
Note Date recut on one reverse die from year 17.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1854,1227.10 BMC 1393
2 2     Cop: 561
3 3     Aiello
4 4     CNA 12 (26. 9. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 286
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2323