Adramyttion, Commodus, bronze (CN type 3073)
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 3073. Obverse: Laureate bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Hygieia standing facing, head right, holding serpent in right arm and a patera in left hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 14–16 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.32 g (mean of 4 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
- Hygieia standing facing, head right, holding serpent in right arm and a patera in left hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤΟΚΡ [Λ ΚΟΜΟΔ]ΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΡΑΜVΤΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3073
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3073
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. 183
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 39, nr. 114, pl. 3, pic. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 416
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 416
Research required
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