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cn type 5888

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Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 180-182 AD

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Obverse
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ΑVΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
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ΕΠΙ ϹΤ ΓΛVΚΩΝΙΑΝΟV ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Design
Cybele seated left in biga drawn by lions; behind, Corybant walking, left, playing tympanum.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Strategos: Marcus Aelius Glykonianos 🔍

Metrology
Material
Diameter
Max: 37 mm / Min: 35 mm
Average Weight
20.52 g (5x)
Axes
7 (1x) 12 (2x)
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. 3113, annot. ca. 180-182 n. Chr. 

Weisser, Die kaiserzeitliche Münzprägung von Pergamon, München 1995 nr. 10.1. T 1440 

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/3113

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cn type 5888, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5888 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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