DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (35mm, 29.99 g, 1h). Dated CY 243 (AD 179/80).

Triton XXV
Lot: 670. Estimated: $ 3 000

Roman Provincial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 3 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

DECAPOLIS, Gadara. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (35mm, 29.99 g, 1h). Dated CY 243 (AD 179/80). ΑVΤ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΝ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠΟΜΠΗΙЄωΝ ΓΑΔΑΡЄωΝ ЄΤ ΓΜϹ (date), galley with rowers and helmsman left. Meshorer City-Coins, 219 (this coin, the reverse illustrated); Spijkerman 66; RPC IV.3 Online 6689; G. Le Rider, “Monnaies grecques acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959” in RN 1959, 26. Green patina, minor roughness. VF. Extremely rare, only four specimens known to RPC. The finest known example.

From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.

RPC only illustrates one example of the type and lists the obverse legend as “ΑVΤ Κ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜ[ΜΟΔΟΝ?]” indicating the reading of the legend is uncertain. The legend on this superb specimen is certain and leaves no doubt as to the reading of the ending of the ethnic.

The final winners of all Triton XXV lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 11-12 January 2022. Triton XXV – Session Two – Greek Coinage (Part 2) through Roman Provincial Coinage will be held Tuesday afternoon, 11 January 2022 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and the stable previous version of Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.