Details
LOT 3487
Commodus AE 20mm of Capitolias, Decapolis. Dated CY 93 (AD 189/190).
A Κ Μ Α ΚΟΜΟΔ, bare head to right / ΚΑΠΙΤധΛ ΙЄ ΓϞ (date), Dionysus, nude, standing facing, head to left, crossing legs, holding kantharos with right hand and long thyrsus with left. RPC IV.3 6561 var. (laureate head); Spijkerman 12 var. (same); Rosenberger 12 var. (same); Sofaer 10 corr. (laureate). Very Fine. Pierced. Extremely rare issue. Only one other example on CoinArchives (Heritage World Coin Auctions, Sale 3018, 20378; wrongly attributed).(5.81gr, 20mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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