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cn type 5704

Mint
Hadrianopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Bare-headed bust of youthful Commodus, right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Dionysus on panther advancing right, holding thyrsus in left hand.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
3 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 23 mm
Average Weight
8.90 g (1x)
Axes
8 (1x)
Citation

Jurukova, Monetosečeneto na gradovete v Dolna Mizija i Trakija II - III v.: Chadrianopol, Sofija 1987 p. 140-141, nr. 135, 140  ❐

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. 10565  ❐

Literature

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values II 2. Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia), Bourgas 2005 p. 269, nr. 3268 ❐

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10565 ❐

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cn type 5704, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/5704 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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