Details
LOT 3108
Commodus AE 21mm of Canatha, Decapolis. AD 177-192.
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤΟ(sic) ΚΟΜ, laureate head to right with traces of drapery on left shoulder / ΓΑΒΙ[Ν?] ΚΑΝΑΘ, diademed and draped bust of Zeus to right. RPC IV.3, 6544 (temporary); Donceel Group VI.4; Spijkerman 6; Rosenberger 6; Sofaer 4. Good Very Fine.(7.14gr, 21mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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