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Hadrianopolis, Commodus, Double unit — Winged Nemesis-Nike standing left (CN type 19570)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 177–192

Issuing entity

Thrace

Double unit in bronze struck at Hadrianopolis in Thrace under Commodus, dated AD 177–192. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19570 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Bare-headed bust of bearded Commodus, right. Legend: ΑV Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ. Reverse: Winged Nemesis-Nike standing left, right hand in front of her chest, holding palm branch in left hand; at her feet, griffin. Legend: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.3 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 23.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987, p. 142, nr. 148 var.; Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005, p. 270, nr. 3290; Linked type corpus, RPC IV.1, 10571.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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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
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/19570
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19570

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