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Anchialos, Commodus, 5 unit (CN type 22143)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

186 n. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

5 unit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Commodus dated 186 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22143. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Poseidon standing right, left foot on rock, holding trident in right arm and dolphin, left, in left hand, leaned on his left knee; left leg covered with chlamys.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Commodus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Nude Poseidon standing right, left foot on rock, holding trident in right arm and dolphin, left, in left hand, leaned on his left knee; left leg covered with chlamys.
Obverse legend
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΗΓ ΚΑΙ ϹЄΡΟVΙΛΙΑΝΟV ΑΓΧΙΑΛЄΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22143
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22143

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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue reference
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