Attaea, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 17917)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
179–180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Attaea in Mysia under Marc Aurel dated 179–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 17917. Obverse: Laurate bust of lightly bearded Commodus, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right. Reverse: To left, turreted Tyche standing, left, holding patera over lighted altar; to right, Nike standing, left, crowning Tyche.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.24 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Attaea
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Laurate bust of lightly bearded Commodus, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right.
- Reverse type
- To left, turreted Tyche standing, left, holding patera over lighted altar; to right, Nike standing, left, crowning Tyche.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ᛈΤΡΑ ΡΟVΦΟV ΑΤΤΑΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/17917
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 17917
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. 130, nr. 390, pl. VI, pic. 20
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 29, nr. 26
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 149-150, pl. 10
- external concordance
Research required
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