I've added a couple of worn coins to my
gallery. Both offer interesting comparisons with coins in my
gallery already.
#1 Hadrianopolis Antoninus Pius C. Iulius
Commodus Orfitianus
Tyche seated
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166146This is an example of
Jurukova's #12 =
Varbanov II(E) 3176 =RPC Antonine temp # 9297. Four examples:
Paris, Lischne, Sophia and Plovdiv.
Mionnet records two examples; one from
Vol. I with an incomplete
reverse legend T. ΠONT...for magistrate p. 385 #142, the second with
complete legend M. ΠONT. CABEINOY citing
Vaillant's
num. graeca. The first coin must be the
Paris coin. A. Stein notes that this is an incorrect reading but does reference
Mionnet Supp. II on p.21 of
Romische Reichsbeamte der Provinz Thracia (1920). I think the second coin was in Vaillant's personal
collection, but I need to double check.
His coin could have very well ended up in the Royal
collection. I'm skeptical a coin with this
legend from this city exists, I think only coins from
Philippopolis bear the name M. Pontius Sabinus.
My other example of this
reverse, formerly in the Righetti
collection, has same emperor and magistate but a different, unpublished rx die.
.
#2 Anchialos
Commodus Hades Iulius Castus
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166147This coin was listed as having a
Zeus reverse, but I think if you look closely one is able to discern the three heads of
Cerberus. I may be attune to this because I have another unpublished
reverse of this
type in my
collection. different
obverse and
reverse dies, same emperor and magistrate.