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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton VII | Auction date: 12 January 2004 |
| Lot number: 749 | |
| Lot description: MYSIA, Pergamum. Commodus, as Caesar. 166-177 AD. Æ 33mm (20.72 gm). Claudius Nikomedes, magistrate. Estimate $3000 MYSIA, Pergamum. Commodus, as Caesar. 166-177 AD. Æ 33mm (20.72 gm). Claudius Nikomedes, magistrate. M AVP KAI CAP KOMODO/C, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EPI CTPA K NIKO MHDOUC B NEOKORWN PERGAMHNWN, Hygieia with serpent and patera and Asclepius with serpent staff standing facing each other, small Telesphorus between them. BMC Mysia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Mionnet -. EF, dark green patina, fields smoothed. ($3000) The work of a master engraver at Pergamum, whose signature seems to be the dropped C in the obverse legend. See Kraft pl. 87-89 for other dies by this artist. |  |
