Ilion, Marc Aurel, bronze (CN type 18774)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
176–179 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Marc Aurel dated 176–179 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18774. Obverse: Bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Ilos, Zeus and sacrifice; left, Ilon reclining right, resting arm on uncertain object; in the centre, Zeus on cloud, facing left, holding scepter and Palladium (?); right, a man sacrificing a suspended cow, left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.49 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Marc Aurel
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Ilos, Zeus and sacrifice; left, Ilon reclining right, resting arm on uncertain object; in the centre, Zeus on cloud, facing left, holding scepter and Palladium (?); right, a man sacrificing a suspended cow, left.
- Obverse legend
- [Α]V Κ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟ[Ϲ]
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙЄΩΝ
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18774
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18774
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- 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
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