Hadrianeia, Commodus, bronze (CN type 17577)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 184–187 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianeia in Mysia under Commodus dated ca. 184–187 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17577. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nike and Tyche; to l., Nike advancing, r., holding palm-branch and wreath; to r., Tyche standing, l., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 31–32 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.74 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianeia
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nike and Tyche; to l., Nike advancing, r., holding palm-branch and wreath; to r., Tyche standing, l., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟV ΛΟV Α ΑΡΧ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17577
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17577
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
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 496
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 159, nr. 457
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution