Hadrianeia, Commodus, bronze (CN type 17579)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
184–187 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Hadrianeia in Mysia under Commodus dated 184–187 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17579. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus; at his feet, ram.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded mean weight
- 24.92 g (mean of 1 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
- Nude Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus; at his feet, ram.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ ΛΟVΚΙΟΥ Α ΑΡΧ ΤΟ Β ΑΔΡΙΑΝЄΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17579
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17579
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 bibliographyp. 158, nr. 454
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 493
- external concordance
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution