RPC IV.1, 4731 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4731 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Apamea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–192
Obverse inscription IMP CAES CoMMODVS ANToNINVS P F AVG
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription GENI oPTIMo CoMMoDo P F AVG C I C A D D
Reverse design emperor (Commodus) standing, facing, head, left, wearing military dress, holding patera over lighted altar and spear; to left, Genius standing, facing, head, left, crowning emperor, holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 3
Reference Rec 56, BMC 26
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 26, pl. XXV.11 (rev.) Rec 56, pl. XXXIX.2 = R. Pera, QT 16 (1987), pp. 251–64, pl. I.1
2 2     MünzZentrum 106 (28/03/2001), 345