Coin of Commodus, Emperor of Rome from Saittae

180–92

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 6.29 g, 6:00, 24 mm
Credit Line: Ruth Elizabeth White Fund
Accession Number: 2004.6.2933
Geography: Made in Saittae, Lydia
Culture: Greek
Period: 2nd century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Head of Zeus Pater, wearing taenia, to r.

Reverse Description: Apollo standing to r., holding lyre and plectrum

Provenance

Professor Dr. Peter Robert Franke and Leonore Franke, Munich, from about 1960 to 2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money

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