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Lot 149. Commodus AE27, Tarsos

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eAuction #54, Lot 149. Estimate: CHF 100.00

Commodus (177-192 AD). AE27 (10.20 g), Tarsos, Cilicia.
Obv. AYT K M AYP KOMOΔOC, bearded bust of Commodus to right, wearing the taenia and robes of a Demiourgos.
Rev. AΔP KOM TAP MH B NEΩKOPO / agonistic crown inscribed KOMOΔE; above, OIKYME.
SNG Paris 1466 var. Ziegler 684 (this coin).

Rare. Very fine.

The emperor here wars the garnment of a Demiourgos, a local senior Magistrate. This honor was probably bestowed upon him on the occasion of the games held in his name that the reverse refers to.

Lot 149. Commodus AE27, Tarsos

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