#120
A comprehensive correction for
CommodusCommodus, AD 177-192
AE 29, 14.65g, 28.5mm
struck under governor Caecilius Servilianus
obv. AV - T KAI
MAR AVRH -
KOMODOC Laureate
head r.
rev. NEIKOPO PROC ICT HGEMO KAIKI CERBEILEI
River god, nude to hips, leaning l., holding in extended r. hand long water
plant and
resting with l. elbow on vase from which water is flowing downwards.
ref. a)
AMNG I/1, 1235
var. (different
rev. legend)
b)
Varbanov 2160
var. (=
AMNG 1235)
c)
Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2018) No. 8.10.32.5
corr. (same dies, writes NEIKOP, but coin
worn)
cdma59,
Ebay, November 2019
This coin is identical too with
(1) No. 8.10.32.14 (same dies, but writes ICTR)
(2) No. 8.10.32.18 (same dies). Here the
rev. legend is correct
The decisive detail is the end of the water
plant and how it touches the N of
NIKOPO. The last two numbers should therefore be removed from the list.
Best regards