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Pergamon, Commodus, bronze (CN type 17800)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 180–182 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin type in bronze struck at Pergamon in Mysia under Commodus dated ca. 180–182 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17800. Obverse: Laureate bust of lightly bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Two river-gods reclining against each other; the left one leans on a water urn and holds statue of Asclepius, the right one holds cornucopia and statue of Artemis of Ephesos.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
44 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
51.15 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
Two river-gods reclining against each other; the left one leans on a water urn and holds statue of Asclepius, the right one holds cornucopia and statue of Artemis of Ephesos.
Obverse legend
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Π ΑΙ ΠΙΟV ΚΟΙΝΟΝ [...] ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17800
Type corpus identifier
CN type 17800

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