Anchialos, Commodus, unit (CN type 22155)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
186 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thraceunit in bronze struck at Anchialos in Thrace under Commodus dated 186 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22155. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, legs crossed, resting on inverted torch set on garlanded altar.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- unit
- Recorded diameter
- 17 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.74 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
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 Eros in attitude of Thanatos standing right, legs crossed, resting on inverted torch set on garlanded altar.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV · Κ · Λ · ΑV· ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΓΧΙΑ-ΛΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22155
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22155
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
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 416, nr. 86, pl. 23
Research required
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