Anchialos, Commodus, 5 unit (CN type 22122)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
184-185 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Commodus dated 184-185 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22122. Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right. Reverse: Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, cloak over left shoulder, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 27 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Anchialos
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Commodus, right.
- Reverse type
- Nude Zeus standing facing, head left, cloak over left shoulder, holding patera and sceptre; at his feet, eagle.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV · ΚΑΙ · Λ · ΑVΡ - ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ · ΙΟV · ΚΑϹΤΟV - ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22122
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22122
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 402, nr. 5, pl. 16
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution