RPC IV.2, 9194 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 9194 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Commodus (Caesar)
Issue Commodus as Caesar: Group 2 (GERMANICVS and SARMATICVS)
Dating 175–177
Obverse inscription L COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SAR
Edition L(ucio) Commodo Caes(ari) Aug(usti) fil(io) Germ(anico) Sar(matico)
Translation to Lucius Commodus Caesar, son of Augustus, Germanicus Sarmaticus
Obverse design bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVG TRO(A)
Edition col(onia) Aug(usta) Troa(s)
Translation the Augustan colony of the Troad
Reverse design cult statue of Apollo Smintheus standing on short column, right, having quiver at shoulder, holding patera and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.29 g
Axis 1, 3, 6, 9
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb)
2 2     B: v. Knobelsdorff
3 3     B: 5227 JF
4 4     O
5 5     O
6 6     Brisbane: 3190