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Assos, Commodus, bronze coin — Athena standing left (CN type 18932)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 184–187

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in bronze struck at Assos in Troas under Commodus, dated AD 184–187. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 18932 (issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ. Reverse: Athena standing left, holding patera, spear and shield set on the ground; at her feet, altar. Legend: ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΤΙΒЄ ΚΛΑV ΑΡΙϹΤ ΤVΛΑΔΑ // ΑϹϹΙΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 13.95 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 31.5–32 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/, nr. 64; Forrer, The Weber collection: Greek coins, New York 1975, p. 144, nr. 5332, pl. 193, pic. 5332; Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen: 2 Bände in einem Band., Wien 1901, p. 37, nr. 2; Linked type corpus.

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Historical context

Assos was an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean coast of the Troad, on the Adramyttian Gulf in modern Turkey. Commodus reigned as Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first as co-emperor alongside his father Marcus Aurelius and subsequently as sole ruler from 180. This bronze civic coin was issued at Assos between AD 184 and 187, bearing the laureate bust of Commodus.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
31.5–32 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
13.95 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
Athena standing left, holding patera, spear and shield set on the ground; at her feet, altar.
Obverse legend
ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΤΙΒЄ ΚΛΑV ΑΡΙϹΤ ΤVΛΑΔΑ // ΑϹϹΙΩΝ

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/18932
Type corpus identifier
CN type 18932

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