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Pergamon, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17768)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

175–176 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated 175–176 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17768. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Asclepius and Apollon; to left, Asclepius holding serpent-staff; to right, Apollon holding laurel-branch and bow, between them lighted altar.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
35–36 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
21.53 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Pergamon
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Marc Aurel

Design

Obverse type
Bare-headed bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Asclepius and Apollon; to left, Asclepius holding serpent-staff; to right, Apollon holding laurel-branch and bow, between them lighted altar.
Obverse legend
Μ ΑVΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Κ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17768
Type corpus identifier
CN type 17768

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