RPC IV.2, 417 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 417 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus: without personal name but probably part of the issue of Publius Aelius Rheginos II, strategos
Dating 177–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ Λ ΚΟΜΟΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Lucius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition Ἁδραμυτηνῶν
Translation of the Adramyteans
Reverse design Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.61 g
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference von Fritze Mys. 115–16, Stauber 184–5
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg
2 2     ✸ V: GR 33555 von Fritze Mys. 115, pl. III.4 (rev.)
3 3     Mu: 11 reverse legend perhaps ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩ only
4 4     Rollin & Feuardent 1905, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, reverse legend perhaps ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩ only
5 5     V-ON Leypold I, no. 279
6 6     Private coll. CGT, ex Gitbud & Naumann
7 7     Private coll. CGT, ex Gerhard Rohde
8 8     Agora Auctions 71 (26/12/2017), 124
9 9     SNG Arikantürk III, no. 279
10 10     SNG Arikantürk III, no. 280
11 11     SNG Arikantürk III, no. 278