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Æ27 - Commodus ΘECCAΛONIKEΩN, Thessalonica
| Issuer | Thessalonica |
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| Year | 184-187 |
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| Currency | Denarius (49 BC to AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Emperor Commodus facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style with the paludamentum visible at the truncation. The Imperial effigy occupies the central field, with the abbreviated Greek titulature distributed around the periphery. The portrait exhibits the characteristic curled hair and beard associated with Commodus's later coinage types. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the winged goddess of Victory, advancing to the right in a dynamic striding pose, her drapery rendered in motion behind her. She extends her right hand forward bearing a wreath and carries a long palm branch in her left hand, both attributes emblematic of military victory and Imperial triumph. The ethnic legend of the issuing city is inscribed around the field, identifying this as a civic issue of Thessalonica. |
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