Ilion, Commodus, as (CN type 20339)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
174–180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troasas in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Commodus dated 174–180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20339. Obverse: Bare-headed and draped bust of Commodus, right. Reverse: Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet and with aegis. Border of dots.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- as
- Recorded diameter
- 23.5–25.4 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.34 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bare-headed and draped bust of Commodus, right.
- Reverse type
- Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet and with aegis. Border of dots.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙЄΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20339
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20339
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. 57, nr. T180
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 492, nr. 74
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 3138.
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 110.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution