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ID:
863204
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
TROAS
City:
Alexandria Troas
Issuer:
Commodus
Date Ruled:
AD 177-192
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
As
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 177-192
Diameter:
23 mm
Weight:
4.32 g
Die Axis:
1 h
Obverse Legend:
IMP CAI M AVR COMMOD AVG
Obverse Description:
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind and wearing slight beard
Reverse Legend:
COL AVG TROA
Reverse Description:
Statue of Apollo Smintheus right, with bow, patera, and quiver; lighted tripod to right
Primary Reference:
Bellinger A191
Reference2:
SNG Cop 125 var. (legends)
Reference3:
SNG VA -
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=159065
Grade:
Good VF, green patina.
Notes:
While the origin of his appellation is uncertain, Apollo Smintheus’s most notable reference is in the opening pages of the Iliad, in which Apollo introduces a plague unto the Greeks on account of Agamemnon’s abduction of Chryseis, the daughter of the god’s high priest in Chryse. When Agamemnon is persuaded to return Chryseis, he replaces her with Briseis, Achilles’ battle prize, one of the contributing factors to ΜΗΝΙς ἈΧΙΛΛΗΟς, the rage of Achilles.
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