Kame, Commodus, bronze coin — Artemis and Dionysos (CN type 3483)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 184–187
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in bronze struck at Kame in Mysia under Commodus, dated c. AD 184–187. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3483 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Legend: ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ. Reverse: Artemis and Dionysos; to left, Artemis (Ephesia) with kalathos standing facing, holding wool ties; to right, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus. Legend: ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV ΑΡΤЄΜΩΝ ΚΑΜΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 19.76 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 33–35 mm (from 3 recorded specimens).
Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 219, nr. 616; Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/, nr. 484, annot. ca. 184-187 n. Chr.; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 33–35 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 19.76 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kame
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Artemis and Dionysos; to left, Artemis (Ephesia) with kalathos standing facing, holding wool ties; to right, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV ΑΡΤЄΜΩΝ ΚΑΜΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3483
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3483
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 219, nr. 616
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 484, annot. ca. 184-187 n. Chr.
- external concordance
Research required
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