RPC IV.1, 8817 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8817 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Pautalia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Caecilius Maternus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 187
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑϹ
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Και(κιλίου) Ματέρνου Οὐλπίας Παυταλίας
Translation of the governor Caecilius Maternus, Ulpia Pautalia
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing in biga drawn by panthers, left, holding thyrsus; behind, Maenad dancing, facing, head, right, holding thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.34 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 192
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8779
2 2     Ex private coll. Dr. Zlatanov, Sofia = Ruzicka, Pautalia 192, pl. IV.9 (rev.)
3 3     ✸ Private coll. C. Rhodes, Santa Fe [NM]