RPC IV.3, 7063 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7063 (temporary)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 180–182
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμ(οδος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus (short beard), right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΠΑΤ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟϹ
Edition Ὑπατος Πατ(ὴρ) Πατρίδος
Translation Consul and Father of the Fatherland
Reverse design Mount Argaeus with trees; above, star
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.38 g
Axis 4, 11, 12
Reference Metcalf 145b, S 365, BMC 203
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 203 Walker 3201: AR: 56.5
2 2     NY: 1944.100.59910
3 3     Metcalf Hoard 795, pl. 45, obverse legend wrongly as 'ΥΠΑΤΟС Δ ΠΑΤ ΠΑ'
4 4     Metcalf Hoard 796, pl. 45, obverse legend wrongly as 'ΥΠΑΤΟС Δ ΠΑΤ ΠΑ'
5 5     Fund 195, pl. 11
6 6     Fund 196, pl. 11
7 7     Fund 197, pl. 11, obverse legend wrongly as '.… ΑΝΤωΝΙΝ
8 8     O