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Coin of Germa with bust of Commodus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 180–192
Mint: Galatia, Germa
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 18.29 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.945
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Commodus to right.
IMP.M.AVR.COM. ANTONINVS
Reverse: Cybele, wearing kalathos, rides on lion to right. She holds a sceptre in her right hand, tympanum in her left.
COL AV GFGERMENO
IMP.M.AVR.COM. ANTONINVS
Reverse: Cybele, wearing kalathos, rides on lion to right. She holds a sceptre in her right hand, tympanum in her left.
COL AV GFGERMENO
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXV, no. 178); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 19, 1963