1993.234: Coin of Thyateira under Commodus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.234

People

Commodus, Roman (r. 177-192)
Issued by Titus Aurelius Barbaros

Title

Coin of Thyateira under Commodus

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

177-192 CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Thyateira (Lydia)

Period

Roman Imperial period, Middle

Culture

Roman Provincial

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/196143

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

39.19 g

Die Axis

6

Inscriptions and Marks

• Obverse Inscription: AY KAI M AY RHKOMMODOC
• Reverse Inscription: EPI CTRATIT OYAYR HBARBAR.. In exergue: ThYATEIRHNWN

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lord Northwick, collection.
Frank L. Kovacs.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Cf. BMC p. 306, no. 82 (types); p.cxxiii (magistrate)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jonathan H. Kagan

Accession Year

1993

Object Number

1993.234

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description

Obv: Bust of Commodus r., laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Rev.: Hephaistos and Athena. Hephaistos, wearing exomis, seated r. on wreathed cippus, holding, with forceps in l. hand, a crested helmet on the top of a column, and tapping it with hammer held in his r. Before him stands Athena l., helmeted and wearing long chiton and peplos; she places her right hand on the top of the column, as if to receive the helmet from Hephaistos, and rests with l. on shield.

Verification Level