RPC IV.1, 4561 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4561 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Topirus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Commodus Orfitianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΙΟΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΥ ΤΟΠ(Ε)ΙΡ(Ε)ΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design nude Heracles seated on rock covered with lion skin, left, resting right arm on club, resting left arm on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference BMC 4
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 4
2 2     ✸ P: 1430
3 3     Mu: 1b (acc. 25369)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.16467
5 5     NY: 1944.100.16469
6 6     NY: 1944.100.16470
7 7     NY: 1944.100.16468
8 8     NY: 1953.171.164
9 9     V: GR 9065
10 10     Yale: ex PRF
11 11     Bern: Righetti 311
12 12     Private coll., Baton Rouge
13 13     Helios Numismatik 7 (12/12/2011), 549
14 14     Freiburg: 13747