Nikopolis ad Istrum, Commodus, bronze (CN type 3883)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
187-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Commodus dated 187-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3883. Obverse: Laureate head of Commodus, right. Reverse: Zeus with bare torso, sitting left, holding a bowl with his right hand, his left arm rested on a scepter, infront of him to his left an eagle to left, head right.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 26.9–29.5 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.18 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Commodus, right.
- Reverse type
- Zeus with bare torso, sitting left, holding a bowl with his right hand, his left arm rested on a scepter, infront of him to his left an eagle to left, head right.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΝΕΙΚΟΠ [...] ΙϹΤ ΗΓΕΜ ΚΑΙΚ ϹΕΡΒΙΑ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3883
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3883
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. 351, nr. 1232.1
Research required
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