Abydos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 3436)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177-180 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
TroasCoin type in bronze struck at Abydos in Troas under Commodus dated 177-180 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3436. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing paludamentum. Reverse: Nude Heracles standing right, resting right arm on club, holding lion skin and bow in left arm.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21–22 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nude Heracles standing right, resting right arm on club, holding lion skin and bow in left arm.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ Α ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΖΩΙΛ Β ΑΒVΔ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3436
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3436
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 10498
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 70-71, nr. 442, pic. 442
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 10498
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution