RPC IV, 1061


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1061 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	1061 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Miletus
Region	Ionia
City	Samos
Reign	Commodus
Person (obv.)	Commodus (Augustus)
Issue	Issue 4: with long beard and Λ(ούκιος)
Dating	c. 191–192
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Λ ΑΥΡ ΑΝ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀν(τωνῖνος) Κόμοδος
Translation	Emperor Lucius Aurelius Antoninus Commodus
Obverse design	laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition	Σαμίων
Translation	of the Samians
Reverse design	female figure (Heraea?) standing, left, wearing stephane, holding wreath and long sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	22 mm
Average weight	7.11 g
Axis	6
Reference	BMC 249–51
Specimens	7 (6 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: BMC 249		23	7.60	6	Show
2	2	L: BMC 250		22	5.40	6	Show
3	3	L: BMC 251		23	8.62	6	Show
4	4	NY: 1923.999.125		22	5.81	6	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.47549		22	7.26	6	Show
6	6	V: GR 36707, authenticity doubtful: cast		23	7.98	6	Show
7	7		G. Hirsch 198 (11/02/1998), 617, reverse figure as 'emperor'	22			Show