cn type 7097

Mint

Germe 🔍

Region: Mysia

Date

c. 179-180 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse

Legend

ΑVΤΟ Κ Λ ΑV(Ρ) ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ

Design

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

Legend

ΕΠΙ ΚΑΠΙΤΩ[ΝΟϹ] ΓΕΡΜΗΝΩΝ

Design

nude Apollo standing, r., crossing legs, holding right hand on over head, resting left arm on decorated pillar surmounted by lyre; to l., laurel-tree entwined by serpent (Python).
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍

Magistrate: Kapiton/Capito 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 27 mm / Min: 24 mm

Average Weight

12.15 g (2x)

Axes

6 (1x) 12 (1x)

Citation

Ehling, Die Münzprägung der mysischen Stadt Germe in der römischen Kaiserzeit, Bonn 2001 p. 132, nr. 119-123, annot. zw. 178-182 n. Chr. ❐

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. 651, 2559, annot. ca. 179-180 n. Chr. ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/651 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2559 ❐

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cn type 7097, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7097 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]