Adramyttion, Commodus, bronze (CN type 3070)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177-180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Adramyttion in Mysia under Commodus dated 177-180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3070. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15–16 mm (from 9 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.9 g (mean of 7 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
- Telesphorus standing facing, wearing hooded mantle.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟΚΡ Λ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3070
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3070
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. 39, nr. 115, 116
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 417
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 184-185
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 417
Research required
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