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Æ34 - Marcus Aurelius ΕΠΙ Γ ΑϹΙ?Ν ΦΡοΥΓΙ ΑΡΧοΝ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ (Δ with long serifs)

Features

Issuer Sardes (Conventus of Sardis)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 175-177
Composition Bronze
Weight 13.46 g
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
561578
References RPC Online IV.2# 2036
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Bare-headed bust of Commodus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right, seen from front

Lettering: Λ ΑΥΡ ΚοΜοΔοϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Δ with long serifs)

Unabridged legend: Λούκιος Αὐρήλιος Κόμοδος Καῖσαρ

Translation: Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar

Reverse

Nude Dionysus (youthful) standing, facing, head, left, holding cantharus and long thyrsus

Lettering: ΕΠΙ Γ ΑϹΙ?Ν ΦΡοΥΓΙ ΑΡΧοΝ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ (Δ with long serifs)

Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ Γαΐου Ἀσινίου Φρουγίου ἄρχοντος Σαρδιανῶν

Translation: under Gaius Asinius Frugi, archon, of the Sardians

Mint

Sardis, Lydia, Turkey

Comments

Hochard 1961, F. Imhoof-Blumer, RSN 19 (1913), 57, no. 162

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (175-177) 

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