RPC IV.1, 10483 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10483 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Castus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass with traces of paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΙΟΥΛ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles brandishing club and siezing the fallen Diomedes by the head; behind, quadriga with horses dispersed
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Jurukova 123
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Lanz 114 (26/05/2003), 434
2 2     Stockholm SNG II.3, no. 758 = Jurulova 123.1, pl. 12
3 3     ✸ V: GR 8610, reverse with traces of tooling
4 4     P: 628 (508)
5 5     Helios Numismatik 7 (12/12/2011), 505