RPC IV.2, 3259 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3259 (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 ϹΤ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΝΕοΚοΡΩΝ Β
Reverse design winged Eros standing, facing, head, right, placing right arm on top of head, resting left arm on branch of tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference Weisser 1130
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18231850, I-B von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 91, VI.22 (rev.) = Weisser 1130, pl. 21
2 2     Vat H. Riggauer, ZfN 8 (1881), p. 88, pl. I.17 (rev.)
3 3     Savoca Numismatik 19 (10/12/2017), 222
4 4     ✸ Kairos Numismatik 3 (24/02/2018), 392
5 5     Florence Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 72, both sides tooled