RPC IV.1, 4529 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4529 (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 Κ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ ΙΟΥ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition ἡγ(εμόνος) Ἰου(λίου) Κάστου Ἀγχιαλέων
Translation of the governor Iulius Castus, of the Anchialians
Reverse design Tyche standing with foot on prow, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.20 g
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 438
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Agram, National Museum
2 2     B: 1900/841
3 3     ✸ Sofia: cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     G. Hirsch 226 (13/02/2003), 1868, pl. 25