THRACE, Pautalia. Commodus, AD 177-192. Æ 31 mm, 15.5

Obverse: AVT KAI M AVP KOMOΔOC – laureate head right

• Reverse: Zeus standing left, nude, holding patera in right hand and long scepter in left; legend around OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC with magistrate name

• Magistrate: Publius Julius Castus, legatus Augusti pro praetore Thraciae (c. AD 184-185)

• References: Tachev-59 (plate example); SNG Evelpidis 991; cf. Varbanov – (unlisted for this die) – this is the exact type Stephen Album sold as "AE29 (15.48g), Tachev-59 (plate example)... citing Publius Julius Castus" 

• Condition: Good VF / VF, attractive glossy green patina, minor roughness as made.

• Provenance: Ex NN (Numismatica Naumann) Auction 72, Lot 199

This is a scarce Pautalia bronze – Tachev plate.