RPC IV.1, 3912 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3912 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Commodus Orfitianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τ(ίτος) Αἴ(λιος) Ἁδρι(ανὸς) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΙΟΥ ΚΟΜΜΟΔ(ΟΥ) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἡγε(μόνος) Ἰου(λίου) Κομμόδου Ἀδριανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the governor Iulius Commodus, of the Hadrianopolitans
Reverse design galley with six rowers and helmsman, right; on stern, two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.13 g
Axis 12
Reference Jurukova 13–15, BMC 2, Varbanov II, 3175 and 3177
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 2 = Jurukova 13, pl. 2, cast at the Griechishes Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     Sofia: 3392 Jurukova 14, pl. 2
3 3     SNG Evelpidis 941 = Jurukova 15, pl. 2