RPC IV.3, 8002 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8002 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Pontus
City Amasea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝοϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡ ΑΜΑϹ ΜΗΤΡ ΝΕΩΚ ΠΡ ΠΟΝΤ ΕΤ ΡΠΘ
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 35, Cop 107
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15043
2 2     Ex private coll. A. Löbbecke
3 3     P: 1278 (ex Grand Duc coll.), under 'Neocaesarea'
4 4     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 487, pl. 23
5 5     Cop: 107
6 6     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 60
7 7     V-ON Leypold I, no. 11
8 8     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 13 (09/10/2003), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 215
9 9     Leeds-UL: 1493 Glendining 08/10/1991, 1785 (part of lot), authenticity doubtful: cast?