Ilion, Commodus, dupondius (CN type 20348)
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 20348. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Priam with Phrygian cap enthroned, right, holding a sceptre in his left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- dupondius
- Recorded diameter
- 25.9–29 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 9.97 g (mean of 3 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
- Priam with Phrygian cap enthroned, right, holding a sceptre in his left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΙΛΙЄΩΝ ΠΡΙΑΜΟϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20348
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20348
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
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 2485.
Research required
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