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Tyras, Commodus, bronze coin — Tyche standing left (CN type 23891)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 180–192

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Coin in bronze struck at Tyras under Commodus, dated AD 180–192. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23891 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. Legend: ΤΥΡΑΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.59 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20–21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 80; Abramzon and Frolova, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Russland. Staatliches Historisches Museum Moskau. Münzen des nördlichen Schwarzmeergebietes, Berlin-Boston 2019, nr. 110-115; Zograf, Monety Tiry, Moskva 1957, p. 90, nr. 60; Frolova, Katalog monet antičnoj Tiry, 2006, p. 68, nr. 7; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Historical context

This coin was issued by Tyras, an ancient Greek city on the northern coast of the Black Sea founded around 600 BC by settlers from Miletus. It was minted during the reign of Commodus, who served as Roman emperor from 177 to 192. Having previously ruled alongside his father Marcus Aurelius, Commodus governed as sole emperor from 180 until his assassination in 192, an event that brought the Nerva–Antonine dynasty to an end.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
20–21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.59 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Tyras
Authority type
City
Issuing authority
Commodus

Design

Obverse type
Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Reverse type
Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Obverse legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Reverse legend
ΤΥΡΑΝΩΝ

Identification

Period
Roman Imperial Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23891
Type corpus identifier
CN type 23891

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