Augusta Traiana, Commodus, 5 unit (CN type 2423)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thrace5 unit in bronze struck at Augusta Traiana in Thrace under Commodus dated 177-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2423. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: City gate flanked by two towers; behind, third tower.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 5 unit
- Recorded diameter
- 31 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.2 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Augusta Traiana
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- City gate flanked by two towers; behind, third tower.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓΕ Λ ΑΙΜ ΙΟVϹΤ ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2423
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2423
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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