RPC IV.3, 6651 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6651 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Dating c. 191–192
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ(ΑΙ) Λ ΑΥΡΗΛ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ϹΕ[
Obverse design laureate head of Commodus with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛ Κ Ϲ ΗΡΑΚΛΙοΝ ΑΡΜΑ
Reverse design sacred wagon of Heracles with domed roof on four pillars drawn by four horses, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 35, BMC 20
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     J-SBF Spijkerman 35, pl. 57, on l.?, perhaps with additional obverse legend variation
2 2     J-SBF Spijkerman 35, pl. 57, on r.?
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 20, pl. VI.12 (rev.)
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69411 SNG 1397
5 5     V: GR 21987
6 6     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 496, pl. XXVIII