Kyzikos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 22564)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
180-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Commodus dated 180-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22564. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hygieia, Asclepius and Telesphorus; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting right hand on serpent-staff in right hand; inbetween, Telesphorus standing facing.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 42 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 33.76 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kyzikos
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Hygieia, Asclepius and Telesphorus; to left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in right arm from patera in outstretched left hand; to right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting right hand on serpent-staff in right hand; inbetween, Telesphorus standing facing.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΑVΡΗ ΜЄΙΔΙΟV ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟV ΚVΖΙΚΗ ΝЄΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22564
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22564
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
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