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Coin of Sebaste with bust of Commodus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 177–192
Mint: Samaria (Syria Palestina), Sebaste
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25.5 mm. Weight: 9.90 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number2001.183
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Commodus to right.
IMPCAE AVCCOMM
Reverse: Demeter / Io-Isis, with ears of grain in left hand and long torch in right.
Greek inscription on reverse.
IMPCAE AVCCOMM
Reverse: Demeter / Io-Isis, with ears of grain in left hand and long torch in right.
Greek inscription on reverse.
ProvenanceBy 2000: with Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., Suite 316, 444 North Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (said to be acquired "in the trade"); purchased by MFA from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd., March 21, 2001