206, Lot: 376. Estimate $100. Sold for $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Gaza. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ 26mm (14.88 g, 12h). Dated CY 246 (AD 185/6). AVT KA M AP KOMMOΔO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis, holding bow, and Marnas, holding thunderbolt(?), standing vis-à-vis; Marnas symbol between; all within distyle temple; ςMC (date) to right. Cf. Rosenburger 126; SNG ANS -; Hendin -. Near VF, tooled, cleaning scratches under patina.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

The Rosenburger specimen, dated ЄMC (245=184/5), is illustrated by a line drawing. The legend is recorded in the description as AVT KAIC KOMMOΔO-C, but the legend illustrated seems to closely match that of the current example.