RPC IV.4, 3542

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3542
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΘ = 29
Dating AD 188/9
Obverse inscription Μ] Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Εὐσεβής Μ(ᾶρκος) Α(ὐρήλιος) Κόμ(μοδος) Ἀντω(νῖνος) Σεβ(αστὸς) Εὐσεβ(ής)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pious
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΘ
Edition ἔτους κθʹ (ἔτους) κθʹ
Translation of year 29
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 8.48 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3959, DS 9671
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61913
2 2     ✸ A: 3435a / 264
3 3     A: 3435b / 265
4 4     Aiello
5 5     D 3959
6 6     D 3959 = VMR 3959 (Figari - Mosconi 951) = Naville Numismatics 28, 22 Jan. 2017, lot 276
7 7     DS 9671
8 8     DS 9671 = Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 304
9 9     HPGW coll.