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cn type 12196

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Gargara 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

180-192 AD

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Obverse
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ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate head of Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΓΑΡΓΑΡΕΩΝ
Design
Asclepius standing facing, head left, wearing himation holding serpent-staff in right hand, left hand in garment.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
19 mm (1x)
Average Weight
4.58 g (1x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Citation

Mionnet, S.T.5. Description de médailles antiques grecques et romaines avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation 5, Paris 1830 p. 358, nr. 494  ❐

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. 2590  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/2590 ❐

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cn type 12196, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/12196 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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