RPC IV.1, 10454 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10454 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Iulius Castus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 184
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (lightly bearded), right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ ΙΟΥ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition ἡγεμονεύοντος Ἰουλίου Κάστου Ἀγχιαλέων ἡγ(εμονεύοντος) Ἰου(λίου) Κάστου Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation during the governorship of Iulius Castus, of the Anchialians
Reverse design Triptolemus standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, right, sowing with right hand, holding seeds in chlamys
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.12 g
Reference AMNG 437 var.
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 122 (10/03/2003), 1696 (Gorny & Mosch 126 (13/10/2003), 1661)
2 2     Antioch Associates Mail Bid Sale 47 (21/10/2003), 63