RPC IV.2, 370 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 370 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Koinon of Lesbos
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Pom(peius?) Septorianus (strategos)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ(Α) ΠοΜ ϹΕΠΤΩΡΙΑΝοΥ ΚοΙ(ΝοΝ) ΛΕϹΒΙΩΝ (?)
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πομ(πηίου?) Σεπτωριανοῦ Κοινὸν Λεσβίων
Translation under strategos Pom(peius?) Septorianus, Koinon of the Lesbians
Reverse design temple with eight columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.12 g
Axis 1, 6, 7
Reference BMC 6, Cop 336
Specimens 41 (28 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 6, pl. XXXV.2 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1979-1-1-1689 vA 7743, obverse tooled: Commodus 'youthful'
3 3     L: 1870-9-1-10
4 4     L: 1921-12-17-9
5 5     L: 1921-12-17-10
6 6     Cop: 336
7 7     NY: 1944.100.44606
8 8     P: 47
9 9     P: 49 Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 126, n. 7, pl. 23.47
10 10     P: 50
11 11     P: 52 Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 126, n. 8, pl. 23.48
12 12     P: 53
13 13     P: 54
14 14     P: 55
15 15     P: 56
16 16     P: 57
17 17     P: 58
18 18     P: 59
19 19     B: 1895/706, gift of W.R. Paton
20 20     B: (Löbb) reverse with signs of tooling
21 21     Mu SNG 692
22 22     Mu SNG 693
23 23     B: I-B
24 24     B: (Löbb)
25 25     Mu: 13, under 'Iasus in Caria'
26 26     Mytilene Museum 270 = Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 126, no. 27, pl. 19.27
27 27     Mytilene Museum 269 = Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 126, no. 28, pl. 19.28
28 28     Mytilene Museum 268 = Archontidou-Argyri/Labarre 126, no. 29, pl. 19.29
29 29     C: Leake 6341, Insular Greece, p. 24.6, ex Pembroke 1009
30 30     V: GR 16902, reverse worn and tooled
31 31     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 13 (09/10/2003), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 384
32 32     Gorny & Mosch 115 (05/03/2002), 1373
33 33     C: Leake 8943, Suppl., p. 164.6
34 34     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 233 (06/10/2015), 1940
35 35     CNG Electronic Auction 237 (21/07/2010), 78
36 36     G. Hirsch 250 (08/05/2007), 960
37 37     G. Hirsch 263 (24/09/2009), 2820, obverse legend worn
38 38     Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), 1980
39 39     Leipzig SNG 97, worn
40 40    
41 41     CNG EA 471, 1 July 2020, lot 161 = CNG 440, 20 March 2019, lot 303