RPC IV.1, 25468 (temporary) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25468 (temporary) (forgery)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Commodus (Augustus)
Magistrate Caecilius Maternus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 187
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Κόμμοδο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΤΕΡΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition ἡγεμονεύοντος Καικιλίου Ματέρνου Φιλιπποπολειτῶν ἡγε(μονεύοντος) Και(κιλίου) Ματέρνου Φιλιπποπολειτῶν
Translation during the governorship of Caecilius Maternus, of the Philippopolitans
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus over panther and resting on long thyrsus; to right, small Satyr(?), standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 38.74 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Varbanov, Philippopolis Commodus —
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG EA 392, 1 Mar. 2017, lot 364 (ex CNG EA 372, 6 Apr. 2016, lot 259)
2 2     ✸ M. Stolt coll.