IONIA, Smyrna. Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. Æ Pentassarion (29mm, 13.38 g, 6h). Publius Aelius Arizelos,
strategos. Struck circa AD 175-177. Λ AVP KOMO ΔOC KAICAP, bareheaded, draped bust right, seen from behind / CTP ΠO AIΛ APIZ HΛOV CMYPNAIΩN, Cybele enthroned left, wearing turreted crown, holding patera in right hand and transverse long scepter in left, resting left elbow on tympanum; at feet left, lion. Klose LIII, Serie B, 9 (V3/R8); RPC IV.2 262; BMC 358. Green and red patina, slight roughness and reverse deposits, some light smoothing. Near EF. Rare.
