RPC IV.1, 4451 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4451 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Tomis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ (unusual Ο form with dot in centre)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful - lightly bearded) wearing paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription Β ΜΗΤΡοΠ ΠοΝΤοΥ Τ(ο)ΜΕΩϹ(sic)
Edition βʹ μητροπ(όλεως) Πόντου Τόμεως
Translation 2, of the metropolis of Pontus, Tomis
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.99 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference AMNG 2690–1, BMC 15
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bucharest-IA reverse legend with ΤΜƐΩС(sic)
2 2     Ex private coll. Knechtel, reverse legend with ΤΜƐΩС(sic)
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 15, reverse legend with ΤΜƐΩС(sic), cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     Bucharest-IA
5 5     Ex private coll. Knechtel
6 6     Odessa
7 7     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
8 8     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
9 9     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
10 10     O
11 11     O
12 12     Hogens coll.