RPC IV.1, 3719 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3719 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Chersonesus
Reign Commodus
Issue 'Pseudo-autonomous': Reign of Commodus
Obverse inscription Γ (in r. field) ΧΕΡ
Edition γʹ Χερ(σονήσου)
Translation 3. of Chersonesus
Obverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding sperpent-staff
Reverse inscription ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑϹ
Edition ἐλευθέρας
Translation free
Reverse design Hygieia standing, right, feeding serpent from patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.71 g
Axis 6, 7, 8
Reference Anokhin, Chersonesus277–9
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow: Inv. 1894 Anokhin, Chersonesus 277, pl. XIX
2 2     Moscow: Inv. 1900 Anokhin, Chersonesus 278, pl. XIX
3 3     NY: 1944.100.14425
4 4     Chersonesus, State Museum, Inv. 4/2 = Anokhin, Chersonesus 279, pl. XIX
5 5     ✸ L: 1924-7-17-28
6 6     P: 66
7 7     P: 67
8 8     P: 68
9 9     P: 70
10 10     Private coll. F. Jarman, Germany