RPC IV.1, 4803 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4803 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusa ad Olympum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔ ΑΝΤ[ω]
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδ(ος) Ἀντω(νῖνος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Edition Προυσαέων
Translation of the Prusaeans
Reverse design nude Eros standing, facing, head, right, crossing legs, holding arrow in right hand, resting left arm on column covered with chlamys; left hand holding bow standing on ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.12 g
Axis 8
Reference Rec 28
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Rec 28, pl. XCIX.23 (rev.) = ZfN 8, pl. I.19