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E-Sale 79  14 Jan 2021
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Lot 545

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 300 GBP
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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.
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