RPC IV.2, 1442 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1442 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Silandus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Tatianοs (strategos)
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 centre
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΥ ϹΙΛΑΝΔΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Τατιανοῦ Σιλανδέων
Translation under strategos Tatianos of the Silandeans
Reverse design Dionysus reclining, left, on panther walking, right, Dionysus placing right hand on top of his head, holding long transverse thyrsus with fillets
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 17.03 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Hochard 2238, BMC 22
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 22, pl. XXVIII.6 (rev.)
2 2     P: 1359
3 3     B: (Löbb) Hochard 2238b, pl. 131
4 4     C: Lewis 1540
5 5     NY: 1947.97.460, worn
6 6     V-ON Leypold I, no. 1247 = Gorny 62 (20/04/1993), 506
7 7     CNG 90 (23/05/2012), 1009 = GRPCL Silandos 60
8 8     Manisa: 07929 Önder 322
9 9     Boston: 63.239