RPC IV.2, 3330 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 3330 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Issue 3: with long 'pointy' beard and without praenomen
Dating c. 184–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Commodus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (long beard), right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design cult statue of Samian Hera standing, facing, wearing kalathos, holding patera in each hand, having fillets; (between two peacocks)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.33 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 22c, acc. 25519 Kraft, p. 191, pl. 92.16b
2 2     B: 11863
3 3     O: coin bent, reverse with peacocks