Ilion, Commodus, dupondius (CN type 20347)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
180–192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Troasdupondius in bronze struck at Ilion in Troas under Commodus dated 180–192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20347. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Zeus Idaios enthroned, right, leaning on sceptre with his right hand and holding a figure of Athena Ilias in his left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- dupondius
- Recorded diameter
- 24.5–28.3 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.26 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ilion
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Zeus Idaios enthroned, right, leaning on sceptre with his right hand and holding a figure of Athena Ilias in his left.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΔΙΑ ΙΔΑΙΟΝ ΙΛΙЄΙϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20347
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20347
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. 59, nr. T190
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 126.
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 8605.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution