Adramyttion, Commodus, bronze (CN type 3066)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177-179 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia under Commodus dated 177-179 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3066. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Emperor (Marcus Aurelius) riding right on horseback, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, raising right hand; in front, soldier, standing left, holding military standard diagonally.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 32–35 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 21.34 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Adramyttion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Emperor (Marcus Aurelius) riding right on horseback, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, raising right hand; in front, soldier, standing left, holding military standard diagonally.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟΚΡΑ Κ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Π ΑΙ ΡΗΓΕΙΝΟV Β ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3066
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3066
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 bibliographyp. 223, nr. 187
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 40, nr. 118
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 419
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 419
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution