A Commodus Bronze from... Euippe(??)

[hotwheelsearl]

I recently got this Commodus bronze from a large lot.

There's not a whole lot to go off of, but I think I got it narrowed down to the city of Euippe.

 

The Wildwinds image is here;

 

I feel like a the exergual letters don't match, but the portrait and rest of the design seems to match up.

 

What do you think?

[Qcumbor]

Welcome here buddy !

What a fine style on the portrait !

Thanks for sharing

 

Q

[hotwheelsearl]

Thanks! I think young Commodus is a really pretty dude 😄

[Alegandron]

Nice @hotwheelsearl... I have no AE from Commodus... bummer.

[Roman Collector]

Your attribution appears to be correct. The legend in the exergue of RPC IV.2, 888 reads ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡ, and yours clearly reads this, too. I presume yours is about 30 mm in diameter and about 12 g (broad and thin flan)?

[Roman Collector]

This small bronze of Commodus and his wife Crispina has only recently been described in the literature and is scarce. It is my favorite provincial coin of Commodus. We know it's from the city of Parium in Mysia because its obverse die was used to strike coins with different reverse types that specifically tell the name of the Latin-speaking colony in their inscriptions.


Commodus, AD 177-192, and Crispina, AD 178-191.
Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 4.7 g.
Mysia, Parium, c. AD 179-180.
Obv: IMP CAI Λ AVR COMODVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus, right.
Rev: CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust of Crispina, right.
Ref: RPC IV.2, 11735 (temporary).

[hotwheelsearl]

Sweet, thanks for your help! It's a smidge smaller at 28mm or so, but I think that's within margin of error 🙂

 

RC, what a super cool coin!

[AncientNumis]

Lovely piece! And fun portrait :))
Here's my Commodus AE, and a picture of it at the colosseum as I thought Commodus was the most fitting emperor to bring there. Already shown that colosseum pic but I really really like it🤣