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Coin of Mytilene with bust of Commodus, struck under Apelles
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 180–182
Mint: Asia: Aeolis (Islands off), Mytilene (Lesbos)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 46 mm. Weight: 40.02 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1970.432
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Commodus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At left city goddess stands to right holding herm on right hand.
At right Dionysos stands to left, thyrsos in left hand, kantharos in right over altar.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Obverse doublestruck.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: At left city goddess stands to right holding herm on right hand.
At right Dionysos stands to left, thyrsos in left hand, kantharos in right over altar.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Obverse doublestruck.
ProvenanceBy 1970: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen, auction 41, June 18-19, 1970, lot 378); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., September 16, 1970