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Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D., Colossae, Phrygia
Colossae was on the Lycus (a tributary of the Maeander River) 10 miles southeast of Laodicea, 13 miles from Hierapolis, and 3 miles from Mount Cadmus. In the 4th century B.C., Xenophon described it as one of six large cities of Phrygia. Antiochus the Great relocated two thousand Jewish families from Babylonia and Mesopotamia to Colossae. The city's commerce included trade in wool and woven fabric. It was known for its religious fusion (syncretism) of Jewish, Gnostic, and pagan influences, described in the first century A.D. as an angel-cult. The Apostle Paul addressed an epistle (letter) to the city's Christian community which addressed the cult and exalted the supremacy of Jesus Christ. The city was overrun by the Saracens in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. and ultimately destroyed by the Turks in the 12th century. As of 2015, it had never been excavated, but there are plans for an Australian-led expedition.SH33902. Bronze AE 34, RPC Online 1881; vA Phrygiens II 575 (same dies, Vatican museum); BMC Phrygia -; SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; et all -, aVF, Colossae (near Honaz, Turkey) mint, weight 21.042g, maximum diameter 34.3mm, die axis 225o, obverse AYT KAI Λ AYPH KOMMOΔOΣ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse ΣTPATHΓ TΩN ΠEPI ZΩΣIMON Δ ΦIΛOΠATOPA KOΛOΣΣHNΩN, Artemis standing right, quiver at shoulder, holding branch and antler of stag standing behind her; ex Sayles and Lavender; extremely rare; SOLD
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