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Commodus, as Caesar, Æ Tetrassarion of Trapezopolis, Caria. M. Oul. Karminios Klaudianos, asiarch. Circa AD 166-169. M AYPHΛIOC OYHPOC KAICAP, bare-headed and draped bust right / ΔΙΑ• M• ΚΑΡΜΙΝΙΟY• ΚΛΑYΔ[IANOY], Zeus Laodiceus standing facing, head left, holding eagle and sceptre, between Hera, to left, standing facing, head right, holding sceptre and pomegranate, and Athena, to right, standing facing, head left, holding olive branch and shield and spear; ΤΡΑΠЄΖΟΠΟΛЄITΩN in two lines below. RPC IV.2 Online, 11702 (temporary, this coin); otherwise unpublished. 15.88g, 30mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine; dark patina. Of the highest rarity, the first known specimen of the type.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 75, 3 March 2019, lot 524 (since cleaned).
The first known coin of Commodus as Caesar from the city of Trapezopolis in Caria, this issue can be dated to between AD 166, when Commodus was raised to the rank of Caesar, and AD 169 when Lucius Verus died and the young Caesar became Augustus, as the asiarch M. Oul. Karminios Klaudianos is attested on the coinage from the city of Attuda in Caria where he struck jointly for Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
Good Very Fine; dark patina. Of the highest rarity, the first known specimen of the type.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 75, 3 March 2019, lot 524 (since cleaned).
The first known coin of Commodus as Caesar from the city of Trapezopolis in Caria, this issue can be dated to between AD 166, when Commodus was raised to the rank of Caesar, and AD 169 when Lucius Verus died and the young Caesar became Augustus, as the asiarch M. Oul. Karminios Klaudianos is attested on the coinage from the city of Attuda in Caria where he struck jointly for Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.