RPC IV.2, 11334 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11334 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Pius (strategos)
Alliance with Ephesus
Issue Issue 2
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ [Π ΑΙ ΠΙΟ]Υ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙ[Α] ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Π(ουπλίου) Αἰ(λίου) Πίου κοινὸν ὁμόνοια Περγαμηνῶν καὶ Ἐφεσίω(ν)
Translation under the strategos Publius Aelius Pius, koinon, concord of the Pergamenes and Ephesians
Reverse design to left, Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff; to right, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 36.95 g
Axis 6
Reference Weisser —, Franke & Nollé 1546, Kampmann 104, no. 19
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Konstanza Museum, found at Tomis, 1982 = C. Chiriac, 'Ein in Tomis aufgefundenes Medaillon von Commodus', Pontica 23 (1990), pp. 351ff. = Franke & Nollé 1546, pl. 72 (rev.) = Kampmann 104, no. 19.1, pl. 2 (R19, drawing)