Commodus AE38 of Hyrkanis, Lydia. 177-192. Magistrate Vettios Antoninus. AYTO KAI M AYRH KOMODOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. CTRA L OYET ANTWNEINOY MAKED, YRKANWN, the abduction of Persephone: Hades in quadriga of galloping horses right, carrying off the struggling Persephone; Eros, holding torch, flying about the horses heads; behind the chariot is Athena, helmeted, in pursuit, striking the chariot wheel downwards with her spear; basket of flowers beneath the chariot and serpent issuing from the ground. Paris 562. Courtesy of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, gallica.bnf.fr.