Tomis, Marc Aurel, Double unit (CN type 13005)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177-180 n.Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorDouble unit in bronze struck at Tomis in Moesia inferior under Marc Aurel dated 177-180 n.Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 13005. Obverse: Laureate bust of lightly bearded Commodus, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus in right hand; at his feet left panther standing left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22–23 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.17 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Tomis
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of lightly bearded Commodus, right, wearing paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus in right hand; at his feet left panther standing left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥΤ · Κ · Λ · ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟΠ · ΠΟΝΤΟΥ ΤΟΜЄΩϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/13005
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 13005
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
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 700, nr. 2689
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution