Hadrianopolis, Commodus, Double unit (CN type 19570)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDouble unit in bronze struck at Hadrianopolis in Thrace under Commodus dated 177-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 19570. Obverse: Bare-headed bust of bearded Commodus, right. Reverse: Winged Nemesis-Nike standing left, right hand in front of her chest, holding palm branch in left hand; at her feet, griffin.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 23.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.3 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Hadrianopolis
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed bust of bearded Commodus, right.
- Reverse type
- Winged Nemesis-Nike standing left, right hand in front of her chest, holding palm branch in left hand; at her feet, griffin.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19570
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19570
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- 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 bibliographyp. 142, nr. 148 var.
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 270, nr. 3290
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 10571.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution