Commodus AE43 of Thyateira, Lydia. AD 180-192. 45.35 g.

AYT K M AYRH KOMOCOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
EPI CTR MOCXIANOY FI QYATIRHNWN, Hephaestus sitting right on 
cippus, holding tongs and hammer, working on the brim of a 
Corinthian helmet set on low column, facing Athena, standing 
left, resting left hand on shield at her side, and right 
hand on the column.

Boston MFA 1974.141; Paris 1472.

With permission of Münzen & Medaillen, auction 41, lot 439, 
June 1970. Resold to A. H. Baldwin and Sons Ltd in 1973 and 
now in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour