Kyzikos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 22965)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Kyzikos in Mysia under Commodus, catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22965. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Galley sailing right; on board, rowers and helmsman.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 25.9 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 8.21 g (mean of 1 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
- Galley sailing right; on board, rowers and helmsman.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΚVΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝЄΟΚΟΡ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22965
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22965
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
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 7375
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 160, pl. 56, pic. 18b
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 52
- external concordance
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