RPC IV.1, 4795 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4795 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating c. 176–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design bare-headed (youthful) bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding patera over Cerberus and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.90 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 20
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1490 Rec 20, pl. XCIX.17 (rev.)
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42339
3 3     Mu: 23 Rec 259, 'Nicaea', pl. LXXIII.19 (rev.), in Mu under 'Nicaea'