Assos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 18929)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
180–184 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Assos in Troas under Commodus dated 180–184 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18929. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Serpent on altar, right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 23.5–24.5 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.99 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Assos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Serpent on altar, right.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Μ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚΡΙΝΑΚΙΔΗᛈ // ΑᛈᛈΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18929
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18929
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 bibliographynr. 65
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 39, nr. 25, pl. VII, pic. 17
- external concordance
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution