RPC IV.2, 3251 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3251 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Lucius Verus (uncertain title)
Issue Lucius Verus, without personal name
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΑΙΛ ΚοΜΜοΔοϹ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Κόμμοδος
Translation Lucius Aurelius Aelius Commodus
Obverse design bare head of Lucius Verus (youthful) with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition Περγαμηνῶν
Translation of the Pergamenes
Reverse design cista mystica with half-open lid out of which serpent creeps, left; behind, thyrsus(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.76 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Weisser 1157 corr.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18266066 Weisser 1157, pl. 19, obverse as 'Commodus'
2 2     P: 1315, under 'Commodus' SNG 2159, obverse as 'Commodus'
3 3     Gorny 89 (05/05/1998), 319, obverse as 'Commodus'
4 4     ✸ N&N London EA 57, 22 Nov. 2024, lot 311