RPC IV.2, 3285 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3285 (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 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 Π ΑΙ ΠΙΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Κ ΕΦΕ(Ϲ(Ι))
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 34 mm
Axis 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Weisser 1240c, Franke & Nollé 1523–30, 1536 corr., Kampmann 102, nos 6–8 and 12, BMC 346
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1277 SNG 2181 = Franke & Nollé 1529, pl. 71 (rev.) = Kampmann 102, no. 8.1, pl. 1 (R8)
3 3     P: 1321 SNG 2182
7 7     ✸ L: BMC 356 Franke & Nollé 1523, pl. 71 = Kampmann 102, no. 6.1, pl. 1 (V4, R6)
8 8     Halle University 1152
9 9     Private coll. Römisch 4 = Weisser 1240, pl. 25
12 12     Mu: 196
14 14     P: 1317 SNG 2184 = Franke & Nollé 1536, pl. 71 = Kampmann 103, no. 12.1, pl. 1 (V5, R12), both sides heavily tooled, obverse legend: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹΑ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ, reverse legend: ΕΠ[Ι Ϲ]ΤΡ ΑΙΛ ΠΙΟ[V] ΝΕΩΚΟΡ [ ] ΕΦƐϹΙΩ[Ν Ο]ΜΟΝΟΙΑ
18 18     Tübingen SNG 2484
19 19     Copenhagen, Thorwaldsonmuseum = Franke & Nollé 1526, pl. 71 (rev.) = Kampmann 102, no. 7.2, pl. 1 (R7)
20 20     B: 18266348, Löbb.
21 21     Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 21 (31/10/2015), 518
22 22     Gorny 40 (07/04/1988), 230
23 23     B: 18203359, I-B