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Coin of Adramyteum with bust of Commodus, struck under Marreinus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 177–192
Mint: Asia: Mysia, Adramyteum
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 22.69 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.213
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped bust of Commodus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Emperor to right on horseback raising right hand in adlocutio to soldier with shield and vexillum.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Emperor to right on horseback raising right hand in adlocutio to soldier with shield and vexillum.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XX, no. 106); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963