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cn type 7786

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Dionysopolis 🔍  

Region: Moesia inferior  

Date

177-192 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ
Design
Laureate bust of bearded Commodus, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΔΙΟΝΥϹΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ
Design
Flaming torch.
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Persons

Sitter: Commodus 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 17.5 mm / Min: 14.7 mm
Average Weight
3.00 g (1x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Public Commentary

RPC IV.1, 4552 (temporary)

Citation

Varbanov, Greek Imperial Coins and their Values I, 2005 p. 83, nr. 446  ❐

Draganov, The bronze coinage of Dionysopolis. Typology, Berlin 2000 nr. 45  ❐

Tachev, Monetosečeneto na Dionisopolis (IV vek pr. Hr. - III vek sl. Hr.), Balchik 2016 nr. 66-87  ❐

Tachev, Yanislav, The Coinage of Dionysopolis IV century BC - III century AD, Sofia 2020 p. 516-518, nr. 66-87, pl. 15-16  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4552 ❐

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cn type 7786, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/7786 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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