Abydos, Commodus, bronze (CN type 3526)
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 3526. Obverse: Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Tyche wearing kalathos, seated on rocks left, holding rudder in right hand.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21.8–23 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.91 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Abydos
- Region
- Troas
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Tyche wearing kalathos, seated on rocks left, holding rudder in right hand.
- Obverse legend
- ΑV Κ Λ Α ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΖΩΙΛ ΑΒVΔ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3526
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3526
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 bibliographynr. 32
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 33, nr. 3
- external concordanceRPC IV.2, 32
Research required
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