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Attaea, Commodus, bronze coin — Male figure and Zeus on basis with piers (CN type 19592)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 176–192

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Attaea in Mysia under Commodus, dated AD 176–192. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19592 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑVΤΟ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ. Reverse: Male figure (Heros?) and Zeus on basis with piers; to left nude male figure (Heros?) standing left, left foot on pier; to right Zeus, standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, at his feet eagle, standing left. Legend: ΕΠΙ ᛈΤΡ ΡΟV·Ι·ΟV [..]. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10.97 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 26 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).

Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 129, nr. 389.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.97 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Attaea
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Commodus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Male figure (Heros?) and Zeus on basis with piers; to left nude male figure (Heros?) standing left, left foot on pier; to right Zeus, standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, at his feet eagle, standing left.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤΟ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΕΠΙ ᛈΤΡ ΡΟV·Ι·ΟV [...]

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/19592
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19592

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