RPC IV.3, 6279 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6279 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Rhosus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΘΙС (219)
Dating 177/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚοΜοΔοΝ Ϲ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΡωϹΕωΝ ΙΕΡΑϹ ΕΤ ΘΙϹ
Reverse design draped bust of Hecate-Selene (head assimilated to portrait of Crispina?), right; behind her shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference Levante, Rhosus 78–9, BMC 2
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 2, pl. XXXII.2 (rev.) Levante, Rhosus 78, pl. 43
2 2     NY: 1944.100.66539