CNG 8119
Sold At Auction #36, lot 63977
Sold for: $291.50

Caesarea, Cappadocia. Commodus as Caesar. ca 175-176 AD. AR Tridrachm (10.15 gm).

KOMMODw KAICAR CEB YIW, Bare-headed, draped bust right.
GERMAN CARMAT, Eagle standing facing on altar, wings
spread, head left.
Metcalf 141a var. (eagle on club); Sydenham 363 var. (same). VF, lightly toned.
  Estimate $150.

An unusual type, this coin lacks the ethnic for Caesarea and 
a date, the reverse only bearing Commodus' titles of Germanicus and Sarmaticus.

Online auction 36 closed August 27, 2001.

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