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Anchialos, Commodus, 5 unit (CN type 22149)

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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 22149. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Tyche standing left, right foot on prow, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder in right hand on prow and cornucopia in left arm.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
5 unit
Recorded mean weight
10.77 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Anchialos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Commodus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Tyche standing left, right foot on prow, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder in right hand on prow and cornucopia in left arm.
Obverse legend
ΑV · ΚΑΙ · Λ · ΑVΡ - ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
[ΗΓ·]ΚΑΙΚ·ϹΕΡΟVΙ–ΛΙΑΝΟV·ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22149
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22149

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