RPC IV.2, 3114 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3114 (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 ΠΙΟ[Υ] ΚΟΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑ[Ι ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ]
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Πίου κοι(νὸν) Περγαμηνῶν καὶ Ἐφεσίων
Translation under strategos Pius, koinon of Pergamenes and Ephesians
Reverse design Asclepius seated, left, holding statue of Artemis of Ephesus over erect serpent and long staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.37 g
Axis 6
Reference Weisser 1230, Franke & Nollé 1543–4, Kampmann 103, no. 17, Cop 517
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18231788, 1854/17283 von Fritze, Pergamon, p. 99, pl. IX.20 (rev.)
2 2     Cop: 517 Kraft, p. 188 = Franke & Nollé 1543, pl. 72 = Kampmann 103, no. 17, pl. 2 (V9, R17) = Weisser 1230, pl. 25