Maroneia, Commodus, Double unit (CN type 2016)
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 Maroneia in Thrace under Commodus dated 177-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2016. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Double unit
- Recorded diameter
- 22–26 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.86 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Maroneia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
- Obverse legend
- ΑΥ[Τ] ΚΑΙ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΑΡΩΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2016
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2016
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. 216-217, nr. 1707
Research required
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