RPC IV.2, 183 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 183 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue »Kyzikos«: 3.3 bust and COMMOD AVG
Dating c. 180–183
Obverse inscription IMP CAI(sic) M AVR COMMOD AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Cai(sar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Commod(us) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short - medium length beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVG TROAD
Edition col(oniae) Aug(ustae) Troad(os)
Translation of the colony Augusta Troas
Reverse design horse grazing, right; behind, herdsman (Orodes) standing, right, looking down, holding pedum; to left, tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.54 g
Axis 6
Reference Bellinger A 202 and 225(B), BMC 68
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O Bellinger A 225, pl. 19
2 2     L: BMC 68 Bellinger A 202, pl. 19
3 3     L: 1940-10-1-194
4 4     P: 227
5 5     P: 228
6 6     P: 229
7 7     Peus 360 (27/04/1999), 619, pl. 24 = Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 597, pl. 30 = CNG 88 (14/09/2011), 887
8 8     B: (Löbb)
9 9     Lanz 112 (25/11/2002), 567, with signs of tooling; perhaps with additional reverse legend variation COL AVG TROA
10 10     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik Blue 4 (29/12/2017), 719