Pitane, Commodus, bronze (CN type 11892)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 175-177 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia under Commodus dated ca. 175-177 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11892. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Eagle standing on pentagram, facing, right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 20.1–20.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.87 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing on pentagram, facing, right.
- Obverse legend
- Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ΜΗΤΡΟΔWΡΟΝ ϹΤΡΑΤ ΠΙΤΑ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11892
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11892
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Research required
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2574
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 2574
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