Details
LOT 3318
Commodus AE 22mm of Kyzikos, Mysia. Struck circa AD 188-192.
[ΑV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡ] ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟС, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΚVΖΙΚΗ]-ΝΩΝ, sheep or calf advancing to right. RPC IV.2 Online 731; Lindgren I, 232; BMC 244; SNG von Aulock 1275; SNG Copenhagen 117; SNG BnF 743. Near Very Fine.(4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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