Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-8114
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008114
Alternate number:
55 lindgren (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3101
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.63 gm. Obverse: bust of Commodus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: AVTKM[ ]DOMMOΔN[ . Reverse: Dionysus standing facing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther; inscription: ]ΛΙΕ℧Ν.
Donor:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection place:
Seleucis and Pieria, ancient Syria
Production place:
Laodicea ad Mare (ancient place), ancient Syria
Culture or time period:
Nerva–Antonine Dynasty (96–192 AD)
Collector:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Commodus (Emperor of Rome) and Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: AVTKM[ ]KOMMODN[ and Reverse legend: ]LIEON
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
180-192 AD
Accession date:
January 20, 1978
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 26 millimeters and weight 11.63 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8114, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.63 gm. Obverse: bust of Commodus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: AVTKM[ ]DOMMOΔN[ . Reverse: Dionysus standing facing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther; inscription: ]ΛΙΕ℧Ν.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8114, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.63 gm. Obverse: bust of Commodus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: AVTKM[ ]DOMMOΔN[ . Reverse: Dionysus standing facing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther; inscription: ]ΛΙΕ℧Ν.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8114, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.63 gm. Obverse: bust of Commodus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: AVTKM[ ]DOMMOΔN[ . Reverse: Dionysus standing facing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther; inscription: ]ΛΙΕ℧Ν.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8114, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.63 gm. Obverse: bust of Commodus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: AVTKM[ ]DOMMOΔN[ . Reverse: Dionysus standing facing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther; inscription: ]ΛΙΕ℧Ν.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8114, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.63 gm. Obverse: bust of Commodus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: AVTKM[ ]DOMMOΔN[ . Reverse: Dionysus standing facing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther; inscription: ]ΛΙΕ℧Ν.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8114, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.63 gm. Obverse: bust of Commodus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: AVTKM[ ]DOMMOΔN[ . Reverse: Dionysus standing facing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther; inscription: ]ΛΙΕ℧Ν.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8114, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.63 gm. Obverse: bust of Commodus facing right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass; inscription: AVTKM[ ]DOMMOΔN[ . Reverse: Dionysus standing facing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at feet, panther; inscription: ]ΛΙΕ℧Ν.

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