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Dionysopolis AE15 Moushmov 84cf of Commodus

Commodus AE15 of Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior. AUT KAI M AUR KOMODOC, laureate head right / DIONUSOPOLEITWN, lighted torch.

Lot No.2522. VF and extremely rare, if not unique.

$ 175.

Unlisted, but cf Moushmov 84 of Antininus Pius and Varbanov 239 of Lucilla, with a rating of too rare to value.

Commodus was the son of Marcus Aurelius and was made co-emperor in 177 AD. He was a megalomaniac who fancied himself the reincarnation of Hercules, and was killed in 192 AD.