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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3771886, member: 85693"]A recent undescribed lot of Roman AEs landed me this little one. It is an AE from Commodus - you have to trust me - the obverse legend is very clearly reading ΚOΜOΔOС on the right, though my photos don't show it. It is 18 mm and weighs 3.18 grams. I'm guessing Moesia? Thrace? </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse puzzles me. It is a nude guy, leaning on a staff with - I think - a serpent around it, with his hand on his hip, looking back over his shoulder. This should be Asklepius, but it just wasn't looking right to me. For one thing, none of them had the god with his non-staff hand on his hip. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008802[/ATTACH]</p><p> Here is my effort to help you see the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008805[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point in my online searches, I came across a coin on FORVM showing Apollo Latros - yes! Nude guy, with serpent-staff, hand on hip. It was for Caracalla, however. <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/caracalla_061.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/caracalla_061.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/caracalla_061.html</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008800[/ATTACH]</p><p>Can anybody help me figure this one out? Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3771886, member: 85693"]A recent undescribed lot of Roman AEs landed me this little one. It is an AE from Commodus - you have to trust me - the obverse legend is very clearly reading ΚOΜOΔOС on the right, though my photos don't show it. It is 18 mm and weighs 3.18 grams. I'm guessing Moesia? Thrace? The reverse puzzles me. It is a nude guy, leaning on a staff with - I think - a serpent around it, with his hand on his hip, looking back over his shoulder. This should be Asklepius, but it just wasn't looking right to me. For one thing, none of them had the god with his non-staff hand on his hip. [ATTACH=full]1008802[/ATTACH] Here is my effort to help you see the reverse: [ATTACH=full]1008805[/ATTACH] At some point in my online searches, I came across a coin on FORVM showing Apollo Latros - yes! Nude guy, with serpent-staff, hand on hip. It was for Caracalla, however. [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/caracalla_061.html[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1008800[/ATTACH] Can anybody help me figure this one out? Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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