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LOT 2787
Commodus AE 21mm of Anemurium, Cilicia. AD 177-192.
Dated RY 13 (AD 190/1). ΑVΤΟ Κ Μ • ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ ΑΝ, laureate head to right / ΑΝЄΜOVΡΙЄ-ധΝ, turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right; ЄT • ΓI (date) to left. RPC IV.3, 9559 (temporary); SNG Levante Supp. 112; SNG BnF 703. Near Very Fine.(5.45gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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