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Coin type (temporary №) 6278

Record reference: http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6278/
Pictured: Medium-sized image of specimen #5
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Coin type
Temporary Number 6278
City; Province; Region Laodicea ad Mare; Syria; Syria: Seleucis and Pieria
Date 177–192
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜ[
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, l., holding cantharus and chlamys over panther and long thyrsus
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΠΟ ΜΑΡ (Ωs may be shaped as Ωs)
Metal Bronze
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.75 g
Average die-axis 12
Type reference BMC 80
Correction
Specimens of this coin type
# Reference Diameter Weight Axis Image
1 L = BMC 80 (obv. legend obscure) 25 mm 7.82 g 12 None
2 P 1200 27 mm 8.83 g 12 None
3 P 1199 23 mm 7.71 g 12 None
4 P Y25048 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig) 26 mm 9.44 g 12 None
5 P Y23879/149 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig) 24 mm 10.11 g 12 Pictured
6 P (Duplicates, obv. legend obscure, rev. legend tooled, COL IVL VAL BN [ ) 25 mm 7.99 g 12 None
7 NY 1944.100.66392 24 mm 7.75 g 12 None
8 NY 1971.193.41 24 mm 10.36 g 12 None
9 O 25 mm 8.78 g 12 None

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