EGYPT, Alexandria. Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. Æ Diobol (25mm, 7.47 g, 11h). Dated RY 19 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 178/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia; L IΘ (date) to upper left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3839 bis; K&G 41.18; RPC IV.4 3356; Emmett 2508.19 (R5). Green-brown patina, some roughness, a few green deposits. Near VF. Extremely rare, only one recorded in RPC.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Sergey Nechayev, 28 July 2014.
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