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cn type 5772

Mint
Hadrianopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Bare-headed bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Eagle standing left, wings spread; in front, coiling serpent.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
22 mm (1x)
Average Weight
10.01 g (1x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Public Commentary

RPC IV.1, 10566 (temporary) RPC IV.1, 11050 (temporary)

Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 140, nr. 137  (Wrong transliteration of the legend on the revers.)  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 269, nr. 3269 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10566 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11050 ❐

Cite this record:

cn type 5772, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5772 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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