RPC IV.2, 2559 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2559 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Germe
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Kapiton
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus or sole ruler: Issue 1
Dating c. 179–180
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤο Κ Λ ΑΥ(Ρ) ΚοΜοΔοϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΑΠΙΤΩ ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Καπίτω(νος) Γερμηνῶν
Translation under Capito, of the Germenians
Reverse design nude Apollo standing, right, crossing legs, placing hand on top of head, resting arm on decorated pillar surmounted by lyre; to left, laurel-tree entwined by serpent (Python) with arrow in head, to right, upright sword in sheath (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.92 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ehling 122–23
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 338 SNG 980 = Wa 801 = Robert, Villes, p. 199, n. 2, pl. V.9 (rev.)
3 3     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 574, pl. 28
3 3     Boston: 61.1055 Glendining 21/02/1961, coll. R.C. Lockett, 2913, pl. 30
5 5     Bologna: 61.1055
6 6     Gorny 33 (03/06/1986), 437
7 7     P-AIBL: P-5.351 Fonds Robert 177, worn, bought at Istanbul [Stamboul] / Thrace in 1946
8 8     Fritz Rudolf Künker 94 (27/09/2004), 1966