RPC IV, 11338


Image of specimen #21

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11338 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	11338 (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 ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Κ ΕΦΕ(Ϲ)
Edition	ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Π(οπλίου) Αἰ(λίου) Πίου κοινὸν Περγαμηνῶν κ(αὶ) Ἐφεσ(ίων)
Translation	under strategos Publius Aelius Pius, the league of Pergamenes and Ephesians
Reverse design	to left, Asclepius standing, facing, head, right, holding serpent-staff; at his feet, omphalos; to right, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	33 mm
Average weight	20.38 g
Axis	6
Reference	Weisser 1240a, Franke & Nollé 1512–22, Kampmann 102, nos 4–5, BMC 357
Specimens	13 (5 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
4	4	L: BMC 357		32	15.95	6		Show
5	5	P: 1322	SNG 2183	32	15.73	6		Show
6	6	V: GR 16462		35	20.95	6	Obv.: GIC 70 (Caracalla, laureate bust r.)	Show
19	19	NY: 1944.100.43370		34	18.28	6	Obv.: GIC 70 (Caracalla, laureate bust r.)	Show
21	21 ✸	B: 18266347, Löbb.	Franke & Nollé 1512, pl. 71 = Kampmann 4, no. 4.1, pl. 1 (V3, R4), both with incorrect weight and accession details owing to swapped coins in B coll.	33	18.49	6		Show
22	22		Private coll. F. Vink, Netherlands = CNG Electronic Auction 284 (08/08/2012), 152 = CNG Electronic Auction 375 (01/06/2016), 545	32	18.11	6	Obv.: GIC 70 (Caracalla, laureate bust r.)	Show
24	24		Kölner Münzkabinett 106 (11/03/2017), 379 = Kölner Münzkabinett Electronic Auction 3 (25/06/2017), 242	35	20.49		Obv.: GIC 70 (Caracalla, laureate bust r.)	Show
24	24	Münster: M 1035		33	18.13	6	Obv.: GIC 70 (Caracalla, laureate bust r.)	Show
25	25	Amsterdam: 5743	Kampmann 102, no. 5.1, pl. 1 (R5)	35	25.94	6	Obv.: GIC 185 (Athena (or Roma?), helmeted bust r.); GIC 480 (wreath)	Show
26	26	Stuttgart: 15-924		31	25.83	6		Show
27	27		Private coll. Kovacs = Frank L. Kovacs 12 (30/11/1995), 180	32	24.97			Show
28	28		Ex PRF	33	20.71	6		Show
29	29	Florence	Williams, Florence (Mysia) no. 71	33.8	21.30	6		Show