434, Lot: 248. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DECAPOLIS, Capitolias. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (28mm, 15.47 g, 12h). Dated CY 93 (AD 190). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left within octastyle temple; crenelated towers flanking pediment surmounted by statue grouping; date flanking pediment. RPC IV Online 6560; Spijkerman 11 var. (rev. legend, form of date); Sofaer 6 (rev. legend, form of date, Zeus seated right); CNG E-Sale 426, lot 366 (same dies). Near VF, dark brown patina with touches of green and red, some light earthen highlights/deposits, a few cleaning marks.