DECAPOLIS, Canata. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (26mm, 11.97 g, 12h). Dated CY 253 (AD 190/1). ΑVΤ Κ ΜΑ ΑΝΤΟ ΚΟΜ, laureate head right / ΓΑΒЄΙΝ ΚΑΝΑΘ, Dionysus standing left, holding long thyrsus in left hand and cantharus over panther to left in right; ΓΝC (date) in field. RPC IV.3 Online 6545; Sofaer 5; Rosenberger 5; SNG ANS 1265; Spijkerman 7. Earthen black patina with red highlights. Good VF. Rare.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.