RPC IV.1, 4790 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4790 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Iuliopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription Α Κ Λ Α ΑΥ Κο ΗΡΑΚ ΡΩ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Α(ἴλιος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κό(μμοδος) Ἡρακ(λῆς) Ῥω(μαῖος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Roman Heracles
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΙϹ
Edition Ἰουλιόπολις
Translation Iuliopolis
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche(?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.80 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 8, BMC 4
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 742
2 2     L: BMC 4, pl. XXXI.6 (rev.)
3 3     V: GR 15530
4 4     C: Leake 1903, Asiatic Greece, p. 72.1, pierced, 5.57g
5 5     NY: 1955.120.1
6 6     vA 469
7 7     N
8 8     V-ON Leypold I, no. 117
9 9     ✸ priv Coll H.I.