RPC IV.2, 1623 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1623 (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 ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙ Μ] ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟ[Δ]Ο[Ϲ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) 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 [ϹΤΡΑ Λ] ΟΥΕΤΤΙΟΥ ΑΝΤΩ[ΝΕΙΝΟΥ] ΥΡΚΑΝΩ[Ν]
Edition στρατηγοῦ Λουκίου Οὐεττίου Ἀντωνείνου Ὑρκανῶν στρα(τηγοῦ) Λ(ουκίου) Οὐεττίου Ἀντωνείνου Ὑρκανῶν
Translation of the strategos Lucius Vettius Antoninus, of the Hyrcanians
Reverse design Sarapis(?) seated, right, resting right hand on seat, holding long transverse sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.23 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 996, LS 181, no. 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B LS 181, no. 6 = GRPCL Hyrcanis 53 = Hochard 996a, pl. 51