Roman Provincial coin – HCR128623

Obverse

Inscription:

[ΑΥ Κ Λ] ΑΥΡ ΚΟ[ΜΟΔΟϹ] (around)

Design:

Bust of Commodus, draped and cuirassed, right; dotted border

Inscription:

ΗΓ ϹΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝ [ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟ] (around)

Design:

Nude Heracles, standing right, carrying lion skin over left shoulder, resting on club

Period

Roman Provincial

Dynasty

Nerva-Antonine

Reign

Commodus

Person

Commodus (ruler/authority) , Titus Suellius Marcianus, legatus Augusti pro praetore (magistrate)

Mint

Hadrianopolis (Thrace) (Roman Provincial)

Denomination

Uncertain

Material

bronze

Technique

struck

Dating

180 CE – 183 (According to RPC)

Weight (g)

11.48

Axis

Diameter (mm)

28.2

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

4/3/2003

Source

Antioch Associates

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 2003.

Reference

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