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E-Sale 89  5 Nov 2021
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Lot 835

Estimate: 40 GBP
Price realized: 45 GBP
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Commodus Æ 29mm of Phocaea, Ionia in alliance with Lampsacus, Mysia. Circa AD 184-190. ΑΥΤO Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚOΜOΔOϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ЄΠΙ] ϹΤΡΑ ЄΥΧΑΒ [ΝЄ ΟΜΟΝΟΙ ΦΩΚΑΙЄΩΝ ΛΑΜΨΑ], Tyche of Phocaea standing to right, holding long sceptre and clasping hands with Athena standing to left, holding spear and shield. RPC IV.2, 1091 (temporary); BMC 163 & Pl. XXXIX, 2 (same rev. die). 9.97g, 30mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine; some corrosion. Extremely Rare; perhaps the fourth known example after the three cited by RPC.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 73, 23 July 2020, Lot 622.
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