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Odessos AE26 Moushmov 1590 of Commodus

Commodus AE26 Three-assarion of Odessos, Thrace. AVT K M ANT KOMODOC, laureate head right / ODHCCEITWN, Demeter, holding corn ears and long torch, standing facing Persephone holding patera and torch. BMC 11, SGI 1929.

Lot No.1997.

$ 55.

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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.