Commodus Æ 33mm of Amasea, Pontus. Dated CY 189 = AD 189/90. Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜOΔO ΑΝΤΩΝI СЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΔΡI ΑΜΑС T ΜΗΤΡO ΝЄΩΚ ΠΡ ΠΟΝ ЄΤ ΡΠΘ (date), emperor on horseback to right, brandishing spear; lion, pierced by spear, jumping to right below. RPC IV.3 Online 5447 (temporary); Rec Gen 31. 21.29g, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine; a superb portrait. Very Rare; only six examples cited by RPC Online.
From the Marnix Collection;
Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 69, 8 June 2005, lot 973.