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Æ19 - Commodus ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Apollonia ad Rhyndacum (Conventus of Cyzicus) |
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| Year | 180-182 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, cuirassed and paludamentum-draped bust of Emperor Commodus, with short beard, facing right and seen from the rear. The imperial effigy displays the characteristic military presentation typical of provincial coinage from the Mysian region. The obverse legend encircles the bust in Greek characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ |
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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, a modest Bithynian city on the eastern shore of Lake Apolloniatis, struck coins under Rome's provincial system with enough autonomy to invoke its own civic identity — the ethnic ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ marking local pride rather than imperial directive. This piece dates to the opening years of Commodus's sole reign following Marcus Aurelius's death in March 180, a transition that contemporary sources treated with immediate unease.
The city's bronze issues from this period are poorly documented in terms of surviving die counts, and individual specimens rarely surface in major auction records.