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Æ25 - Commodus ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΤΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΡΥΝΔΑ
| 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 bust of the emperor Commodus facing right, depicted with a short beard, clad in cuirass and paludamentum, the drapery visible over the left shoulder and the figure presented as seen from the rear in the characteristic Mysian provincial style. The imperial legend encircles the bust in Greek characters within the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, sited on the southeastern shore of Lake Apolloniatis in Bithynia, was a minor civic mint that struck bronze almost exclusively during imperial reigns when local magistrates sought visible alignment with Rome. This issue falls in the opening years of Commodus's sole reign, after the death of Marcus Aurelius in March 180 — a politically charged moment when provincial cities across the Conventus of Cyzicus moved quickly to produce coinage acknowledging the new emperor.
Civic bronzes from this mint are thinly documented in the major corpora, and die studies remain incomplete.