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Ilion, Marc Aurel, bronze coin — Ilos (CN type 18774)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 176–179

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Marc Aurel, dated AD 176–179. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 18774 (issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: [Α]V Κ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟ[Ϲ]. 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. Legend: ΙΛΙЄΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.49 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

Published references cited by the corpus: Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
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Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
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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

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/18774
Type corpus identifier
CN type 18774

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

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