RPC IV.3, 25301 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 25301 (temporary)
Province Armenia
Region Armenia
City Satala
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [IMP] CAES COMOΔO[ ]
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Comodo[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Commodus [---]
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription LEG XV
Edition Leg(io) XV
Translation Legion XV
Reverse design Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow, between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.55 g
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     SPQR Collection 2, 12–13 Sept. 2024, lot 430
2 2     ✸ M. Fox Coll., ex Zeus Numismatics WA 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 298
3 3     M. Fox Coll., ex Bay Numismatics EA 4, 5 July 2024, lot 382
4 4     Bay Numismatics EA 4, 5 July 2024, lot 384
5 5     Satala find: see C. Lightfoot, ' The Coins from Satala', in R. Ashton (ed.), Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey (London, 1996), pp. 147-50, at 148, no. 7 (https://www.academia.edu/32685101/The_Coins_from_Satala)