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v21_2697 - COMMODUS Assarion

COMMODUS Assarion AU
AU
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Assarion
Date: c. 180
Mint name / Town : Nicopolis ad Istrum, Mésie inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,54 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait avec le flan éclaté à 12 heures. Revers de haut relief. Jolie patine verte superficielle
Catalogue references :
BMC.-  - GIC.-  - Cop.-  - AMNG. 1/-  - Evelpidis-  - SNG/H.-  - Stancomb-

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Commode à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : M ANTWNEINOS KOMODOS, (Markos Antwneinos Komodos).
Obverse translation : (Marc Antonin Commode).

Reverse

Reverse description : Artémis (Diane) drapée debout à droite, tenant un arc de la main droite ; devant elle, un protomé de cerf.
Reverse legend : NEIKOPO-LEITWN, (Neikopoleitwn).
Reverse translation : (de Nicopolis).

Commentary

Semble inédit et non répertorié. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés.

Historical background

COMMODUS

(166-31/12/192)

Augustus

Nicopolis, located on the Istrus, a tributary of the Danube, first belonged to the province of Thrace and was then attached to that of Lower Moesia. The coinage of Nicopolis began under Antoninus and lasted until Gordian III. Nicopolis had been built by Trajan to commemorate his victory over the Dacians. Under the Antonines, the coins include the name of the legates (Hegemon) of the province of Thrace when Nicopolis was attached to this province. On the coins, the name of Nicopolis is inscribed "Nikopoleitwn pros Istron". On September 28, 1396, Bajazet crushed the Frankish and Hungarian coalition there, opening the gates of the Balkans to the Turks for five centuries..

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