Assos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 18931)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 180–184 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Assos in Troas under Commodus dated ca. 180–184 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18931. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Asclepius enthroned left, holding patera and serpent-staff.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 22.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.28 g (mean of 2 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
- Asclepius enthroned left, holding patera and serpent-staff.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΛΑΟ // ΑϹϹΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18931
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18931
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. 70
- external concordance
Research required
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