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2019 | XVI (2019) | 3: Rzeczpospolita i Wschód, pod red. Artura Góraka | 211-228

Article title

Military coins during the reign of Commodus Types: VICT BRIT, CONC MIL, FID EXERC, FIDEI COHORTIVM AVG and FIDEI COH

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PL
Wojskowe monety Kommodusa. Typy VICT BRIT, CONC MIL, FID EXERC, FIDEI COHORTIVM AVG i FIDEI COH

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This article outlines the reconstructed circumstances which led to minting of the military coins during the reign of the emperor Commodus. The recipients of the issued coins presented in this study are soldiers having served active duty in various Roman Army formations. In spite of depicting iconographic images and ideas well known in the Roman coinage, the presented coins are exceptional due to specific circumstances under which they were minted. It relates directly to the situation in the Roman Empire at that time. Correctly defining the symbolic and propaganda messages which were supposed to be conveyed through each coin type would not be possible without a thorough contemplation of other types of information sources and the related literature.
PL
W artykule zostały zrekonstruowane okoliczności, w jakich doszło do wybicia tzw. wojskowych monet cesarza Kommodusa. Adresatami emisji każdego z zaprezentowanych numizmatów byli żołnierze odbywający służbę czynną w różnych formacjach armii rzymskiej. Analizowane numizmaty, choć uwieczniono na nich ikonograficzne wyobrażenia i idee, które były już dobrze znane w rzymskim mennictwie to ze względu na czas ich wybicia będzie wyróżniać nieco bardziej specyficzny charakter co w sposób ścisły łączyło się z aktualną sytuacją w państwie rzymskim. Właściwe zdefiniowanie symboliki i przekazu propagandowego, jaki miały wyrażać wyszczególnione typy monet, nie byłoby możliwe bez pogłębionej refleksji nad innymi typami źródeł i ukierunkowanej na tę problematykę literatury przedmiotu.

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211-228

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2019

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  • Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

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