cn coin 56153
cn coin 56153-0
cn coin 56153-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn coin 56153

Connected to Type

CN Type 3587 🔍

Mint
Germe 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 179-180 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤΟ Κ Λ ΑV(Ρ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
go to the NLP result of this description
Reverse
Legend
ΕΠΙ ΕΡΜΟΛΑ ΤΟ ΓΕΡΜΗ
Design
nude Apollo standing, r., crossing legs, holding right hand on over head, resting left arm on decorated pillar surmounted by lyre; to l., laurel-tree entwined by serpent (Python).
go to the NLP result of this description
Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Magistrate: Hermolaos 🔍

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
27 mm
Weight
22.70 g
Axis
11
Owner

Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern, ch ❐

Owner Inventory No.: N/82.714

Provenience: Righetti

Public Commentary

The identification of the coin to this specific type is uncertain, it could also be cn 7097 or another similar type.

Citation

Kapossy and Righetti, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Schweiz. 2: Münzen der Antike: Katalog der Sammlung Jean-Pierre Righetti im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Bern 1993 nr. 714  ❐

Literature

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 133, nr. 128-132, annot. zw. 182-184 n. Chr. ❐

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. 652, annot. Datierung: c. 179-180 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/204138 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 56153, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_56153 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

License:

This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us