Gargara, Commodus, bronze coin — Asclepius standing facing (CN type 12196)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 180–192
Issuing entity
TroasCoin in bronze struck at Gargara in Troas under Commodus, dated AD 180–192. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12196 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing, head left, wearing himation holding serpent-staff in right hand, left hand in garment. Legend: ΓΑΡΓΑΡΕΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.58 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 19 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Mionnet, S.T.5. Description de médailles antiques grecques et romaines avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation 5, Paris 1830, p. 358, nr. 494; Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/, nr. 2590; Linked type corpus, RPC IV.2, 2590.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.58 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Gargara
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Asclepius standing facing, head left, wearing himation holding serpent-staff in right hand, left hand in garment.
- Obverse legend
- ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΓΑΡΓΑΡΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12196
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12196
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 358, nr. 494
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2590
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 2590
Research required
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