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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Commodus, bronze (CN type 17559)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 180–192 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Commodus dated ca. 180–192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17559. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Daphne und Apollon; to r., draped Apollo moving left; right arm grasping laurel tree; to l., Daphne kneeling in front of a tree and embracing it with both arms.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.69 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Commodus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Daphne und Apollon; to r., draped Apollo moving left; right arm grasping laurel tree; to l., Daphne kneeling in front of a tree and embracing it with both arms.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17559
Type corpus identifier
CN type 17559

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