RPC IV.2, 3282 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3282 (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 ΠΙΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Π(όπλιου) Αἰ(λίου) Πίου κοινὸν ὁμόνοια Περγαμηνῶν καὶ Ἐφεσίων
Translation under strategos Publius Aelius Pius, league of the Pergamenes and Ephesians
Reverse design to left, temple with four columns enclosing statue of Asclepius with serpent-staff; in centre, tall column surmounted by emperor standing, in military dress, holding spear and sword; to right, temple with four columns enclosing statue of Artemis of Ephesus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 36.22 g
Axis 12
Reference Weisser 1350, BMC 353, Franke & Nollé 1559–60, Kampmann 105, no. 26
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 353, pl. XXXIII.3 (rev.), reverse double struck von Fritze, Pergamon, pp. 47, 78, 85 and 99, pl. IX.16 (rev.) = Franke & Nollé 1559, pl. 73 (rev.) = Kampmann 105, no. 26.1, pl. 2 (R26)
2 2     V: GR 33858 (Medaillon) J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 2575, not illustrated = Weisser 1350, pl. 24
3 3     V: GR 16460 (Medaillon)
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 104 (09/10/2000), 675
5 5     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 1 (16/09/1997), 397
6 6     Florence Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 70, obverse with traces of tooling, reverse legend mostly obscure