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!
Æ26 - Marcus Aurelius LVCIF DIANAE C I C A D D (D D retrograde, worn, V shaped as U)
| Issuer | Apamea Myrlea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
|---|---|
| Year | 175-177 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Bronze |
| 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 | Youthful bare-headed bust of Commodus as Caesar, draped in paludamentum, facing right. The portrait conveys the adolescent features characteristic of Commodus's early coinage under his father Marcus Aurelius, with a smooth, rounded face and short hair rendered in low relief. The Latin legend encircles the bust in the outer field. The coin exhibits considerable wear and surface corrosion consistent with extended circulation and burial, with details somewhat obscured by patination. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Standing figure of Venus-Diana Lucifera advancing to the right, depicted in a long garment, holding a lighted torch in each raised hand — an iconographic type associating the goddess with the bringing of light. The figure is rendered in a frontal-leaning stance with both arms extended outward, each hand gripping an upright torch. The surrounding Latin colonial legend, partially retrograde and worn, identifies the type and the issuing colony. The overall relief is flat and heavily worn, with the legend suffering from die engraving anomalies including retrograde D letters and V-forms used in place of U. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |