LYDIA. Came. Commodus, 177-192. Tetrassarion (?) (Bronze, 33 mm, 18.45 g, 6 h), Demetrios Artemonos, strategos, circa 184-187. ΑY Κ Μ ΑYΡΗ ΚOΜOΔOϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, seen from behind.
Rev. ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙOY ΑΡΤЄΜΩΝ / ΚΑΜΗΝΩΝ On the left, facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia, wearing kalathos and with supports; on the right, Dionysos standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos in his left. BMC 3. GRPC Lydia -. Lindgren I A218b (
this coin). RPC IV.2 online 484.4 (
this coin). Von Fritze, Mysien, 616. Very rare. Very light deposits and with a small spot of corrosion on the obverse
, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of G. Plankenhorn, received as a present from his friend Dr. P. Vogl to his 80th birthday, ex Hirsch 343, 26 September 2018, 2661, ex Classical Numismatic Group 53, 15 March 2000, 1094, and from the collection of Prof. Henry C. Lindgren.
