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Æ25 - Commodus ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝ (οΙ) (Υ) Ι Α Α Γ ΑΝϹ
| Issuer | Abila (Arabia) |
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| Year | 177-192 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Commodus facing right, with draping visible at the shoulder, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Arabian civic coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic features with a wreath of laurel leaves crowning the head. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy along the periphery of the flan. The die work is typical of a local provincial mint, with slightly uneven relief and a broad, irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (177-192) |
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Abila of the Decapolis — not to be confused with Abila in Lysanias — sat within the Provincia Arabia as organized by Trajan following the annexation of the Nabataean kingdom in 106 AD. Municipal bronzes of this region under Commodus are poorly documented in major collections, and the fragmented legend visible in this type reflects the localized titulature conventions of Decapolitan civic minting rather than any die-cutter error. The city held the Pompeian era as its civic calendar base, a dating system that persisted stubbornly through the Antonine period.