Details
LOT 2820
Commodus AE 27mm of Abila, Decapolis. Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΚΟΜΟΔΟϹ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛ Ι Α Α Γ Κ ϹV ΑΝϹ, Tyche, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche; all within central arch of distyle temple façade. RPC IV.3, 6516 (temporary); Spijkerman 12; Rosenberger 14; Sofaer 14. Very Fine.(15.48gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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