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Philippopolis AE21 Moushmov 5199 of Commodus

Commodus AE21 of Philippopolis, Thrace. AY K AIL AVPH (KOMODOC), laureate draped bust right / FILIPPOPOLEITWN, Demeter standing left with raised left hand and holding short torch transversely.

Lot No.3393. Fine, flatly struck on one side but a VF portrait.

$ 125.

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.