Æ29 - Commodus ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ϹΥΡ L ϚΙϹ? (date retrograde)
Features
| Issuer |
Sebaste
(Syria Palaestina)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 177-192 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 14.52 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 523379 |
| References | RPC Online IV.3# 6362 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) |
Obverse
Laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Lettering: IMP C M AV COM AN
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus
Reverse
Temple with four columns and rounded pediment enclosing statue of turreted Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on small sphinx, left, holding human bust and long sceptre; in outer columnations, female figures standing, facing each other
Lettering: ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ϹΥΡ L ϚΙϹ? (date retrograde)
Unabridged legend: Σεβαστηνῶν Συρίας Lαμπύς
Translation: of the Sebasteans of Syria, of year 216
Mint
Sebaste, Samaria, modern-day Palestine, IsraelComments
BMC, p. xl
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (177-192) | |||||||||||||||
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