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cn type 12200

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Gargara 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

180-192 AD

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Obverse
Legend
ΑV Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΓΑΡΓΑΡЄΩΝ
Design
Veiled Demeter standing facing, head left, holding two ears of corn in right hand, left resting on long torch.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
23 mm (1x)
Average Weight
6.81 g (1x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Citation

Babelon, Inventaire sommaire de la Collection Waddington, Paris 1898 nr. 792  ❐

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. 2591  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2591 ❐

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cn type 12200, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12200 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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