RPC IV.3, 6580 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6580 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Antioch ad Hippum
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ Κ Μ [ΚοΜο?]ΔοΝ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝο
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Κόμοδον Ἀντωνεῖνο(ν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Commodus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙο[ ] ΙΕΡ Κ ΑϹΥΛ [Η?]ΜϹ (all retrograde)
Edition Ἀντιό[---] ἱερ(ᾶς) κ(αὶ) ἀσύλ(ου) ημσʹ
Translation of Antioch[---] sacred and inviolable, 248
Reverse design busts of goddess with long tresses (on left) and Zeus (on right), facing each other; each bust draped and with diadem
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.59 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 23
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Y28640 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig) = Spijkerman 23, pl. 37