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Coin of Germe with bust of Commodus, struck under Capito
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 177–192
Mint: Asia: Mysia, Germe
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 27.5 mm. Weight: 12.05 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number61.1055
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Commodus to right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo, nude, facing right. Lyre on column to right. To left, serpent wound around the olive tree.
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Apollo, nude, facing right. Lyre on column to right. To left, serpent wound around the olive tree.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: R. Cyril Lockett Collection; by 1961: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W. 1 (auction of the Lockett Collection, part XII, February 21-23, 1961, lot 2913); purchased at the Lockett auction by A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert St., Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; October 11, 1961: 61.1039–61.1067 purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin and Sons, Ltd. for a total price of £ 1099/-/-.