RPC IV.2, 1293 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1293 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Hyrcanis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Vettius Antoninus (strategos)
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 ϹΤΡΑ Λ ΟΥΕΤ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΥ ΥΡΚΑΝΩΝ ΜΑΚΕΔ(Ν(sic))
Reverse design in centre, Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, struggling with Persephone; to right, Athena standing, left, holding spear downwards; to right, Eros flying, right, holding torch; below horses, serpent and overturned flower-basket
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference Hochard 999–1000, BMC 17–18
Specimens 11 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 17, pl. XIII.4 (rev.) Kraft, p. 188
2 2     L: BMC 18
3 3     P: 561, reworked, reverse without flower-basket and reverse legend with ΜΑΚΕΔΝ(sic) GRPCL Hyrcanis 49 = Hochard 999b, pl. 51
4 4     ✸ P: 562 Kraft, pp. 187–8, pl. 88.15a = GRPCL Hyrcanis 50 = Hochard 1000b, pl. 51
5 5     P: no number, under 'Unidentified', worn
6 6     G: II, 454, no. 1 SNG I, no. 1440, poor condition, reverse legend with ΜΑΚΕΔΝ(sic)
7 7     V: GR 19434 (Medaillon)
8 8     Bern: Righetti 1036
9 9     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3753 = Kraft, p. 188, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer, reverse legend with ΜΑΚΕΔΝ(sic)
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 244 (06/03/2017), 412, reverse legend with ΜΑΚΕΔΝ(sic), both sides with traces of tooling
11 11     Berk Buy or Bid Sale 217 (30/11/2021), 397