RPC IV.2, 2413 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2413 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Silandus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Tatianοs (archiereus and first archon)
Dating c. 177–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΩϹ(sic) Κ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀρχιε<ρέ>ως καὶ ἄρχοντος αʹ Τατιανοῦ Σιλανδέων
Translation under the high priest and first archon Tatianos of the Silandeans
Reverse design to left, cult statue of Kore of Sardis standing, facing, wearing tall crown, having supports(?); to right, cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus, standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 25.40 g
Axis 12
Reference Hochard 2241 and 2245, J. G. Milne, NC 1939, 194, no. 1
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O J. G. Milne, NC 1939, 194, no. 1, pl. IX.5 = Hochard 2241a, pl. 131
2 2     MMAG Fixed Price List 303 (August 1969), 34, illustrated = CNG 51 (15/09/1999), 896 = Kraft, p. 187
3 3     CNG Electronic Auction 108 (16/02/2005), 38 = GRPCL Silandos 59 = Hochard 2245a, pl. 131
4 4     Lanz 154 (11/06/2012), 365