Assos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 18933)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
184–187 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Assos in Troas under Commodus dated 184–187 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 18933. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus standing, left, holding a patera in his outstretched right hand, left hand resting on sceptre.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 31.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.98 g (mean of 1 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
- Zeus standing, left, holding a patera in his outstretched right hand, left hand resting on sceptre.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΤΙΒЄ ΚΛΑV ΑΡΙϹΤ ΤVΛΑΔΑ // ΑϹϹΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/18933
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 18933
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. 69
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 265, nr. 83
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 9205
- external concordance
- external concordance
Research required
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