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Æ16 - Commodus ΑϹϹΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Assus (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 188-192 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Commodus facing right, depicted with a long and wide beard, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, shown from a rear three-quarter perspective. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial style typical of Troas civic coinage. A partial Greek legend surrounds the bust in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Telesphorus, the demi-god of recuperation and son of Asclepius, depicted standing and facing right, his characteristic stout figure enveloped in a heavy hooded cloak reaching to his feet. The figure is rendered in low relief in the provincial hammered style. The ethnic legend of the issuing city is distributed in the field around the central type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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