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Coin of Silandus with bust of Commodus, struck under Tatianus
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 177–192
Mint: Asia: Lydia, Silandus
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 13.80 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.239
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Youthful bust of Commodus to right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dionysos reclining to right on panther, thyrsos held transversely in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Dionysos reclining to right on panther, thyrsos held transversely in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek around and in exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (Hesperia Art Bulletin XXI, no. 258); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., March 20, 1963