RPC IV.3, 5815 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5815 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Elaeusa-Sebaste
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [Α]ΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΕΥΤΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Αὐρήλ(ιος) Κόμοδος Εὐτυ(χής)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Commodus Fortunate
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ΙΕΡ ΑϹ ΑΥΤ ΝΑΥ
Edition Σεβαστὴ ἱερ(ὰ) ἄσ(υλος) αὐτ(όνομος) ναυ(αρχίς)
Translation Sebaste, sacred, inviolable, autonomous, navarch
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, facing, head, left, holding cantharus over panther and ong filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.70 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1988-2-6-42
2 2     ✸ B: 1908/613
3 3     Düsseldorf: Inv. 4252.32.84, obverse legend obscure Ziegler, Sammlungen, 572, pl. 29