Commodus. AE 34

Commodus; 177-192 AD, Colossae, Phrygia, Claudius Priscus, ca. 180-81 AD, AE 34, 22.41g. RPC-IV.2, 2446 (this coin), Franke-Nollé 993 = McDonald 155 (O303/R594). Obv: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΡ(sic) ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟϹ ϹΕ, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r. Rx: ΚOΛOϹϹΗΝΩ[Ν] ΑΦΡOΔΕΙϹΕΩΝ / OΜOΝOΙΑ / ΕΠΕ(sic) ΚΛ-Π-ΡΕΙϹΚOΥ, Turreted Tychai of Colossae and Aphrodisias standing facing each other, clasping hands and holding scepters. The alliance of Collosae and Aphrodisias was previously unrecorded before MacDonald published this type from a private American collection. This coin is the second specimen of this type known, struck from the same dies as MacDonald's. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; Ex CNG E115, May 2005, lot 248.River patina. VF