Topeiros, Commodus, 4 unit (CN type 11995)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
186 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Topeiros in Thrace under Commodus dated 186 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 11995. Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right. Reverse: Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, holding club in right hand, left resting on rock.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22–25 mm (from 8 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.42 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Topeiros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Commodus, right.
- Reverse type
- Heracles seated left on rock covered with lion skin, holding club in right hand, left resting on rock.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ΚΑΙΚΙ ϹЄΡΒЄΙΛΙ ΤΟΠЄΙΡЄΙΤωΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11995
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 11995
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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. 3619
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 3619
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