RPC IV.2, 634 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 634 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Perperene
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Without personal name but possibly part of the issue of Anti— Onesimos, strategos for the second time
Dating c. 184–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤοΚΡ ΑΥ ΚοΜοΔ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗΝΙΩΝ
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Barth-Stauber = Stauber 49–50 and 43 corr., BMC 8, Cop 528
Specimens 14 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 8
2 2     Cop: 528
3 3     P: 1513 SNG 2322, obverse as 'Marcus Aurelius', misreading obverse legend as 'ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΥ[ΡΗΛΙΟϹ]' = Barth-Stauber 43a
4 4     P: 1516 SNG 2323 = Barth-Stauber 50e
5 5     ✸ P: 1517 SNG 2324 = Barth-Stauber 49e
6 6     B: 9340 Kraft, p. 188, pl. 89.23b
7 7     H. Voegtli, 'Münzen', in O. Ziegenhaus and G. De Luca (eds), Das Asklepieion. Altertümer von Pergamon XI.4. Via Tecta und Hallenstrasse. Die Funde (Berlin, 1984), 64, no. 24, pl. 30, emperor as 'Marcus'
8 8     Mu: 7
9 9     NY: 1944.100.43378
10 10     B: Rauch Kraft, p. 188, pl. 89.23b = Barth-Stauber 50a, pl. 6
11 11     Brussels
12 12     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 2673, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer
13 13     C: Leake 7988, Suppl., p. 79.6
14 14     Private coll. CGT = Saint Paul Antiques 15 (27/01/2018), 347