cn type 3430

Mint

Abydos 🔍

Region: Troas

Date

177-180 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑV Κ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ ΓЄΡΜ

Design

Laureate and draped bust of Commodus, right.
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Reverse

Legend

ЄΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΖΩΙΛΟV *ΤΟ* Β ΑΒVΔΗΝ

Design

Hero and Leander; to left, nude Leander swimming right; behind, helmet, cloak, sword and shield, below, fish; above, Eros, holding torch; to right, Hero standing on top of tower, holding lamp.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 38 mm / Min: 36 mm

Citation

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. 30 ❐

Price, Greek imperial coins. Some recent acquisitions by the British Museum 11, 1971 p. 129-130, nr. 15, pl. 25, pic. 15 ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/30 ❐

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cn type 3430, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/3430 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/22]