RPC IV.2, 503 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 503 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Hadriani ad Olympum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus L—, also called Diodoros
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝοϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Τ Λ ο Κ ΔΙοΔΩΡοϹ ΑΝΕΘ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ ΠΡ οΛΥΜ
Edition Τ(ίτος) Λ(—) ὁ κ(αὶ) Διόδωρος ἀνέθ(ηκε) Ἁδριαν(ῶν) πρ(ὸς) Ὀλύμ(πον)
Translation Titus L— also called Diodoros dedicated (this), of the Hadrianians near Olympus
Reverse design Demeter standing, left, holding poppy, two ears of corn and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.26 g
Axis 2, 3, 7
Reference von Fritze Mys. 515–17, BMC 6
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 620 SNG 1065, obverse as 'laureate' = Wa 831 = G.F. Hill, JIAN 1 (1898), 246, no. 17
2 2     L: BMC 6, pl. XVII.8 (rev.) G.F. Hill, JIAN 1 (1898), 246, no. 17 = von Fritze Mys. 516, pl. VIII.26 (rev.)
3 3     P: 619 SNG 1064, obverse as 'laureate' = Wa 830 = G.F. Hill, JIAN 1 (1898), 246, no. 17
4 4     V: GR 30221
5 5     B: 18277583, B-I G.F. Hill, JIAN 1 (1898), 246, no. 17
6 6     vA 1141
7 7     ✸ BCD Boiotia 1501 = Nomos 6 (08/05/2012), 155