Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ17 - Commodus ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Colophon (Conventus of Ephesus) |
|---|---|
| Year | 184-192 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A ram advancing to the right, rendered in a sturdy, provincial style with all four legs visible and the woolly body clearly defined. The ram is the traditional civic symbol of Colophon, referencing the city's longstanding iconographic tradition. The ethnic legend ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ arcs above the animal across the upper field. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Colophon's civic bronze issues under Commodus occupy an awkward historical footnote: the city had long since lost its earlier importance, overshadowed by Ephesus and Smyrna within the conventus, and was minting largely to assert continued civic identity rather than to meet any serious monetary demand. The volume of surviving specimens across this reign is low, which reflects modest original production rather than heavy attrition in circulation.