RPC IV.1, 8711 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8711 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Demosthenes
Issue Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, co-emperors
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΔΗΜΟϹΘΕΝΟΥϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Δημοσθένους Βυζαντίων
Translation under Demosthenes, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Corinthian helmet, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.11 g
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1443
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 7466 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1443, pl. 75 (V80 and R124) = Cat. 151, no. 79
2 2     Classical Numismatic Review [CNG] 26 (Summer 2001), 75
3 3     ✸ CNG 43 (24/09/1997), 929, reverse legend probably tooled: ] ΑΡΗ(sic) ΚΟΜΟΔΟС