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AR25 - Commodus L ΚΗ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 187-188 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and bearded head of Emperor Commodus facing right, with detailed curling hair rendered in the Antonine style. The portrait displays characteristic thick locks framing the face and a short beard, typical of Alexandrian provincial portraiture of the period. The surrounding Greek legend reads Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ, partially visible along the periphery of the flan. The coin exhibits an irregular, somewhat clipped flan with areas of flat strike, consistent with Alexandrian billon tetradrachm production of the late 2nd century AD. |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Sarapis facing right, the deity wearing the characteristic modius (kalathos) atop his head, with curling locks and beard rendered in the Hellenistic tradition. The composition is centrally placed on the flan, with the regnal year legend L ΚΗ (Year 28, corresponding to 187-188 AD) positioned in the field. The broad, frontal treatment of the bust and the distinctive kalathos are hallmarks of Alexandrian Serapic iconography, emphasizing the deity's syncretic role as chief god of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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