Tyras, Commodus, bronze (CN type 23891)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
180-192 n. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Tyras under Commodus dated 180-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23891. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23891
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23891
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. 80
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 110-115
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 90, nr. 60
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 68, nr. 7
- external concordance
Research required
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