Details
LOT 3486
Commodus AE 25mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 248 (AD 184/5).
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤധ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧ ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ΙЄΡ ΑϹΥΛ, Tyche standing to left, holding cornucopia and bridle of horse standing to left behind; ΗΜϹ (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 6583 (temporary); Sofaer 24; Spijkerman 25. Very Fine.(9.05gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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