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Æ27 - Commodus ΙΛΙΕΩΝ

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Issuer Ilium (Conventus of Adramyteum)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 180-182
Composition Bronze
Weight 9.24 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
539823
References RPC Online IV.2# 123
Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Obverse

Laureate-headed bust of Commodus (short beard) wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear

Lettering: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ

Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Κόμμοδος

Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus

Reverse

Zeus in the form of an eagle, facing, head, left, spreading wings, abducting nude Ganymede with Phrygian cap and pedum, left, head, right

Lettering: ΙΛΙΕΩΝ

Translation: of the Ilians

Mint

Ilium, Troas, Turkey

Comments

Bellinger T 187 var., von Fritze, Ilion 77, A. Löbbecke, ZfN 17 (1890), 9, no. 2

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