RPC IV.2, 1682 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1682 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 184–190
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (long beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design goat standing, right, head, left, feeding infant Zeus seated left (or right)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 2, 5, 7, 8
Reference vA Aizanoi 66, BMC 121
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 121, pl. VI.3
2 2     B: Dressel bequest, 1921 vA Aizanoi 66, pl. 77 (rev.)
3 3     ✸ P: 235
4 4     Gorny 67 (02/05/1994), 563 = Peus 360 (27/04/1999), 637, pl. 25 = Peus 364 (27/04/2000), 199 = Elsen 67 (15/09/2001), 804 = CNG Electronic Auction 360 (30/09/2015), 242
5 5     CNG Electronic Auction 168 (11/07/2007), 125
6 6     Gorny 38 (30/11/1987), 199 = Helios Numismatik 5 (25/06/2010), 887
7 7     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 4008, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer
8 8     Freiburg: 11958