Commodus as Demiourgos

282, Lot: 189. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (32mm, 18.55 g, 12h). Draped bust of Commodus right, wearing dress of the demiourgos / Decastyle temple with eagle in pediment and KOMOΔEIOC across architrave. SNG France 1463 (same obv. die); SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Suppl. -. Near VF, dark green patina, minor roughness. Scarce.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.

Commodus wears both the crown and the chiton of the demiourgos, the official who oversaw the operation of regional festivals and games.