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115, Lot: 240. Estimate $100.
Sold for $163. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Thyatira. Commodus. 177-192 AD. Æ 32mm (13.88 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Youthful male figure standing right, holding cornucopiae and farming tool; child standing before him. F. Imhoof-Blumer, "Lydische Stadtmünzen," SNR (1897), -; BMC Lydia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Near VF, dark green and brown patina. Not published in the major references.

The obverse die of this coin was also used for Magnesia ad Sipylum (Kraft pg. 187, pl. 87, 7). The coin of Thyatira in Kraft hasa reverse type with Heracles.