RPC IV.1, 4320 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4320 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Marcianopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Μαρκιανοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Marcianopolitans
Reverse design turreted Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.26 g
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 541, H&J (2006) 6.10.38.1-4, H&J (2014) 6.10.38.1-4
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg AMNG describes obverse as bare, either error or additional variation
2 2     C McClean II, 4365, pl. 162.12, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     CNG 31, 9 Sep. 1994, lot 1220
4 4     O Gilles Blançon list 41 (2003), 74
5 5     C: 2004-855
6 6     B: 2004/163 (ex private coll. Simon)
7 7     J.G. Kiss Coll.
8 8     Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 651 = Gorny & Mosch EA 274, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 2175
9 9     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 282 = Peus 406, 25 Apr. 2012, lot 446
10 10     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 31, 3 May 2015, lot 279
11 11     ✸ Naumann 134, 5 Nov. 2023, lot 243 (ex Solidus Numismatik Summer 32, 28 July 2018, lot 129; CNG EA 512, 23 Mar. 2022, lot 343)