Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Commodus, bronze (CN type 21664)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 180-182 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia under Commodus dated ca. 180-182 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21664. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Apollo standing left, torso slightly bent, holding branch in his right hand, right foot resting on basis.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 27–31 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 11.64 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing left, torso slightly bent, holding branch in his right hand, right foot resting on basis.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗΛ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21664
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21664
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 84, nr. 266
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 449
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 449
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution