Nikopolis ad Mestum, Commodus, bronze (CN type 14027)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
180–192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Mestum in Thrace under Commodus dated 180–192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 14027. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Horseman riding right, wearing Phrygian cap.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Mestum
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Horseman riding right, wearing Phrygian cap.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ - ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΟVΛΠ - ΝΙ-ΚωΠ-ΟΛЄΩϹ // ΠΡΟϹ ΜΕϹΤΟ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/14027
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 14027
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
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