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Coin of Amisus with bust of Commodus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 182–183
Mint: Pontus, Amisus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 32.5 mm. Weight: 12.63 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Mary B. Comstock
Accession Number69.1083
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Commodus to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tyche seated left, cornucopia on left arm, rudder in right hand.
At left below rudder, head of Thalassa?.
Inscriptions in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Tyche seated left, cornucopia on left arm, rudder in right hand.
At left below rudder, head of Thalassa?.
Inscriptions in Greek.
ProvenanceBy 1969: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; July 1, 1969: purchased from Robert E. Hecht, Jr. by Mary B. Comstock for MFA; gift of Mary B. Comstock to MFA, September 23, 1969