RPC IV.3, 5747 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5747 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Commagene
City Germanicia Caesarea
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΝ Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Λ(ούκιον) Κόμοδον Σε(βαστόν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Lucius Commodus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹ ΓΕΡΜΑ ΚΟΜ(Α) Β
Edition Καισ(αρέων) Γερμα(νικέων) Κομα(γηνῶν) βʹ
Translation of the Caesarean Germanician Commageneans, 2
Reverse design in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.31 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference BMC 2–3
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 2
2 2     ✸ L: BMC 3, pl. XVI.2, reverse, authenticity doubtful: cast?
3 3     P: 1428, broken, 8.04g
4 4     B: 1887/397
5 5     C: Leake 7772, Suppl., p. 56.2
6 6     D. Lowe coll.