Description

Bronze coin of Commodus. Moesia Inferior. Marcianopolis. AE 26. 11,4 gm.

Obverse: AV K AIL AVP KOMODOC. Bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Commodus, wearing a Medusa amulet, facing right.

Reverse: HG KAIK MATEPNOV MARKIANOPOLEITON. Apollo, the sun-god of music and the arts, stands facing right, right arm over his head, holding a bow, with a serpent entwined around a tree stump.

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