RPC IV.3, 6648 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6648 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ)
Edition Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Καῖσαρ Λ(ούκιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κόμμοδος Καῖσ(αρ)
Translation Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing (cuirass and) paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛ Κ ϹΥ ΘΕΑ ΑϹΤΕΡΙΑ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Κοίλης Συρίας Θεὰ Ἀστερία Φιλ(αδελφέων) Κ(οίλης) Συ(ρίας) Θεὰ Ἀστερία
Translation of the Philadelphians, of Coele Syria, the goddess Asteria
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of goddess Asteria, right; head surmounted by star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.29 g
Axis 6
Reference Spijkerman 32, BMC 17
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 17 de Saulcy , obverse with cuirass and plaudamentum
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 32, pl. 56
3 3     ✸ NY: 1961.154.214 SNG 1395, in SNG weight wrongly as '6.42g'
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69410 SNG 1396, in SNG weight wrongly as '8.77'
5 5     B: v. Knobelsdorff, broken, 6.99g
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 495, pl. XXVIII
7 7     Münster: M 5962
8 8     T. Speier coll.
9 9     CGT coll.