RPC IV.3, 6689 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6689 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Issue Year ϹΥ
Dating AD 179/80
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus (lightly bearded) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜΠΗΙΕωΝ ΓΑΔΑΡΕωΝ ΕΤ ΓΜϹ
Reverse design galley with rowers and helmsman, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Spijkerman 66 and Spijkerman Suppl. 66a, G. Le Rider, RN 1959, 19, no. 26
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y28359/11 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig) Spijkerman 66, pl. 30 = G. Le Rider, RN 1959, 19, no. 26, pl. II
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 66
3 3     IMJ: Rosenberger 61 Spijkerman Suppl. 66a
4 4     Mabbott 2639
5 5     ✸ CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 670