RPC IV.1, 4554 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4554 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Dionysopolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Commodus, co-emperor
Dating 177-180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass (and paludamentum), left
Reverse inscription ΔΙο(Ν)ΥϹοΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing, right, resting arm on club, holding lion skin(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 7
Reference Draganov 47, Tachev Commodus 1-8
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Draganov 47, illustrated
2 2     B: B-I
3 3     G. Hirsch 185, 15 Feb. 1995, lot 965, under 'Phrygia?', reverse with ΔΙοΥСοΠοΛƐΙΤΩΝ(sic)
4 4     Budapest SNG 18
5 5     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15, J.-P. Righetti coll., 21 Oct. 2004, lot 27
6 6     Stack's Coin Galleries Dec. 2007 (18/12/2007), 420
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 51