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Commodus, Tmolos-Aureliopolis, Tmolos crowning Tyche, AE30
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Commodus, 177-192 AD, Tmolos-Aureliopolis / Tmolus-Aureliopolis, Lydia
30mm, 13.34g
obv: AV K M AVP KOMMOΔOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; countermark Δ on head
rev: AΠOΛΛΩNIΔHC CTPA ANЄΘ / AVPHΛIO / TMΩ; city-goddess, turreted, seated right, holding on her knee cista mystica; behind, mountain-god Tmolos, naked but for nebris round body, advancing right, placing a wreath upon her head with his right and holding in left over his shoulder a branch of wine with three bunches of grapes (?)
BMC Lydia, p. 324, No. 5, SNG Aulock -, SNG Leypold -, SNG Righetti -, Imhoof-Blumer KM -, Lydische Stadtmünzen -, Lindgren I + III -, Sear GIC –
ex R&W
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