273, Lot: 189. Estimate $150. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Philadelphia. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (17mm, 3.00 g, 12h). Bare head of Commodus right / Turreted and draped bust of Tyche left, with cornucopia over shoulder. Spijkerman 39 var.; Rosenberger 39 var.; SNG ANS -. VF, earthen brown patina. Typical blundered legends. An attractive example. Much finer than the examples in Spijkerman and Rosenberger.