cn type 5769

Mint

Hadrianopolis 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

184-185 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ

Design

Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse

Legend

ΗΓΕ ΙΟVΛ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤ

Design

Tyche seated left on cippus, wearing kalathos, holding ears of corn in right hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍

Legatus Augusti pro praetore: Julius Castus 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

4 unit 🔍

Material

bronze 🔍

Public Commentary

RPC IV.1, 10539 (temporary)

Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 138, nr. 125 (Y and E are translitterated wrong.) ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 273, nr. 3329 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10539 ❐

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cn type 5769, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5769 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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