Augusta Traiana, Commodus, 4 unit (CN type 1731)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace4 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Commodus dated 177-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1731. Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right. Reverse: Nude athlete standing left, holding uncertain object in right hand, left arm lowered.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 4 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.89 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Commodus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude athlete standing left, holding uncertain object in right hand, left arm lowered.
- Obverse legend
- […] ΑΙΛ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1731
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1731
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. 68, nr. 106, annot. Abweichende Angabe zur Revers-Ikonographie. Schönert-Geiß vermutet eine Loskugel, wir hingegen eine Preiskrone.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 10351
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 84, nr. 932
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 10351
Research required
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