RPC IV.3, 9813 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 9813 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Nicopolis Seleucidis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ]? ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΑΝΤω (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition [---] Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρή(λιος) Κόμοδος Ἀντω(νείνος)
Translation [---] Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, left
Reverse inscription ΝΕΙΚΟ[ΠΟΛΕΙΤω?]Ν ΤΗϹ ϹΕ(ΛΕ)
Edition Νεικοπολειτῶν τῆς Σελε(υκίδος)
Translation of the Nicopolitans of the Seleucid
Reverse design male figure (Dionysus) advancing, left, holding short object (pedum, whip?) over uncertain object (panther, eagle?) and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.56 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 8111
2 2     V: GR 21802
3 3     Cat. Welzl de W., no. 6845
4 4     G K coll.