RPC IV.2, 3256 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3256 (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 to left, nude Heracles standing, right, leaning against tree, resting arm on club covered with lion skin; to right in background, deer standing, right, head, left, feeding Telephos; above on rock, eagle standing, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 45 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Weisser 1190
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1918/1653, Pergamum Finds Weisser 1190, pl. 20
2 2     Gorny 67 (02/05/1994), 562
3 3     ✸ Private collection H. I.