KC072 (Early-Middle Roman diassarion of Commodus from Patrae) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Not after (date)

185

Not before (date)

180

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)

Contributor Notes

JLR refined Weir2022 (October 2024).

Description

Prominent centering dimple on obverse.

Preservation description

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]

Chronology comment

Dated ca. early to mid-180s.

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)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph