RPC IV.2, 3257 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3257 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aelius Glykonianos (strategos)
Issue Issue 1
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΙ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Hygieia seated on rock, left, resting arm on rock, feeding serpent in tree from patera; at her feet, animal (dog?) seated, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Axis 12
Reference Weisser 1210, Franke & Nollé 1582 corr., Kampmann 106, no. 35 corr.
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 16453 (Medaillon) von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 99, pl. IX.18 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 1582, pl. 74 (rev.), under magistrate 'P. Ai. Pios' and 'alliance' with Ephesus = Kampmann 106, no. 35.1, pl. 3 (R34), under magistrate 'P. Ai. Pios' and 'alliance' with Ephesus = Weisser 1210, pl. 20, reverse legend probably tooled: [Π]ΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕ[
2 2     Ex Gerhard Rohde
3 3     Verona: 72837 SNG 1458
4 4     Florence Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 68, obverse with traces of tooling, reverse heavily tooled: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ [ ] ΚΟΙΝΟ[Ν] ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ Ε[