Nikopolis ad Istrum, Commodus, bronze (CN type 3889)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
177-192 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
Moesia inferiorCoin type in bronze struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Moesia inferior under Commodus dated 177-192 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 3889. Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum. Reverse: Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm branch.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21.1–23 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.81 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Nikopolis ad Istrum
- Region
- Moesia inferior
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing scale cuirass and paludamentum.
- Reverse type
- Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm branch.
- Obverse legend
- Μ ΑΝΤΟΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΙϹΤΡΟΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/3889
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 3889
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. 352, nr. 1237
- external concordance
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