Kyzikos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 17370)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
184–190 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Commodus dated 184–190 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17370. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Demeter standing in biga drawn by coiling serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.58 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Demeter standing in biga drawn by coiling serpents, right, holding torch in each hand
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚVΖΙΚΗΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17370
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17370
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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
Research required
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