Pergamon, Commodus, bronze coin — Heros Pergamos and Androklos (CN type 17794)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 180–182
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Commodus, dated c. AD 180–182. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 17794 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city (homonoia)).
Obverse: Laureate bust of lightly bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ. Reverse: Heros Pergamos and Androklos; to left, bearded hero Pergamos standing, right, holding statue of Asclepius and sceptre; to right, youthful hero Androklos standing, left, holding statue of Artemis and sceptre. Legend: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ΑΙ ΠΙΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΟΜΟ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ [Κ]ΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 49.16 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 40 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Published references cited by the corpus: Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/, nr. 11336; Franke and Nollé, Die Homonoia-Münzen Kleinasiens und der thrakischen Randgebiete, Saarbrücken 1997, p. 160, nr. 28; Kampmann, Die Homonoia-Verbindungen der Stadt Pergamon, oder, Der Versuch einer kleinasiatischen Stadt unter römischer Herrschaft eigenständige Politik zu betreiben, Saarbrücken 1996, p. 105, nr. 29; Weisser, Die kaiserzeitliche Münzprägung von Pergamon, München 1995, nr. 10.5. T 1300; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 5
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 5
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 40 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 49.16 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pergamon
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City (Homonoia)
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of lightly bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Heros Pergamos and Androklos; to left, bearded hero Pergamos standing, right, holding statue of Asclepius and sceptre; to right, youthful hero Androklos standing, left, holding statue of Artemis and sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ΑΙ ΠΙΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΟΜΟ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ [Κ]ΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17794
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17794
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 11336
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 160, nr. 28
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 105, nr. 29
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 10.5. T 1300
- external concordance
Research required
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