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Object Type
Museum number: 1921,0213.10
Description: Copper Alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Commodus, bareheaded and draped, right; beaded border. (obverse); The three graces, standing entwined; beaded border. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 180-192
Production place: Minted in: Marcianopolis (Moesia - archaic)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Die-axis: 1 o'clock; Diameter: 27 millimetres (maximum); Weight: 6.770 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: SNG Hungary III / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Hungary: Budapest, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum: Volume III Moesia Inferior: Callatis, Dionysopolis, Istrus, Marcianopolis, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Odessus, Tomis (61-62) (type); SNG Copenhagen / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols) (205) (type); Pick 1898 / Die Antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien: Band I: Viminacium - Nicopolis (540) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Commodus; Representation of: Graces/Charities
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1921
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1921,0213.10

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