RPC IV.3, 6772 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6772 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Byblus
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Μ ΑΥ[Ρ?] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΕΥΤ
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ
Reverse design turreted Astarte standing with foot on prow, left, holding aplustre and rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rouvier 684, Cop 138
Specimens 13 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.70867 (probably = Rouvier 683, pl. B'.1 (rev.), ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
2 2     Beirut-AUB
3 3     Ex private coll. P. Schroeder, Beirut
4 4     NY: 1944.100.70865 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
5 5     Private coll. R.G. McAlee
6 6     Cop: 138, not illustrated
7 7     ✸ NY: 1944.100.70866 (ex private coll. J. Rouvier, Beirut)
8 8     NY: 1992.54.818, broken, 8.40g, gift of Lindgren
9 9     L: 1925-1-5-107
10 10     P: M 5664
11 11     B: 848
12 12     B: (Löbb)
13 13     Lindgren I, 2281