Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC072 (Early-Middle Roman diassarion of Commodus from Patrae)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): 185
Not before (date): 180
Comment: Coin dated ca. early to mid-180s.
Comment: JLR refined Weir 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: BCDPeloponnesos 563, p. 150
Comparanda: sim. RPC IV.1 9649 (temporary)
Description: Prominent centering dimple on obverse.
Preservation comment: Wear: G/VG. Slight, extensive pitting to rare incipient cratering; two small cracks in edge. Faint, tiny specks of dark bronze disease.
Published as: Weir2022, p. 1126, no. 802, fig. 23.5
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: Diassarion
Numismatic Authority: M. Aurelius Commodus (180-192)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 24.0
Numismatic Mint: Patrae
Numismatic Weight (g): 8.48
Obverse Description: Laureate, draped, [and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
Obverse Inscription: [IMP COM]ṂOD-[VS ANTO AVG]
Reverse Description: Zeus enthroned left, holding long scepter in upraised left arm and [Nike] in outstretched right arm; within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Inscription: CO[L A] - A - PẠ[TR]
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC072 (Early-Middle Roman diassarion of Commodus from Patrae).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc072>