RPC IV.2, 1531 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1531 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Tabala
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Pom(peius?) Marcus (hiereus)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus
Dating c. 178–179
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ(Ι) (Λ) ΜΑΡΚΟΥ ΙΕ(Ρ) ΤΑΒΑΛΕΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo-Tyrimnaios on horseback, right, wearing radiate crown, naked but for chlamys, carrying double axe over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 2317–19, BMC 9
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 9, pl. XXVIII.12 (rev.)
2 2     ✸ P: 1375 Wa 5298, reverse as 'Amazon' = GRPCL Tabala 34 = Hochard 2319a, pl. 136
3 3     O
4 4     Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 737, pl. 38
5 5     P: 1374 Hochard 2318a, pl. 136
6 6     B: I-B Hochard 2317a, pl. 135
7 7     B: (Fox) Hochard 2317ac, pl. 135
8 8     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3956, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer
9 9     Manisa: 11138 Önder 329
10 10     Arminius Numismatics 8541 = GRPCL Tabala 35