Commodus, AD 177-192 • Mint: Philippopolis, Thrace

Commodus, AD 177-192

• Mint: Philippopolis, Thrace (modern Plovdiv)

• AE 31, 19.1g

• Obverse : AV K AI AVR KOMODOC, laureate head right

• Reverse : HΓE KAI CEPOVEIΛIOV ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN – Nike (Victory) with palm branch, driving a slow biga right. The legend at the bottom is the city ethnic ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, and the magistrate name across the top is the local hegemon Caer... Servilius.

This is the exact type catalogued as:

Moushmov 5185 – "Commodus AE31 of Philippopolis, Thrace. AY K AI AYP KOMODOC, laureate head right / HΓE KAI CEPOYEIΛIOY ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, Nike with palm branch in slow biga right. Moushmov 5185; SGI 1931, BMC 18"