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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3226020, member: 57495&quot;]Very nice Commodus!&nbsp; It&#039;s always struck me as interesting that the style on these Alexandrian coins becomes noticeably cruder during Commodus&#039;s reign.&nbsp; Perhaps it&#039;s the case that production having dropped so drastically after Antoninus Pius&#039;s time, many of the die engravers retired or found new work during the lean years and the trade eventually passed on to less talented hands?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my only Commodus from Alexandria, bought about a year ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]841035[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>Billon Tetradrachm. 12.96g, 25.2mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 27 (AD 186/7). Dattari (Savio) 3900; RPC Online temp #14204; Emmett 2568.27. O: Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤω СƐΒ ƐVСƐΒ, laureate head of Commodus right. R: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing solar disk and horn; L K-Z (date) across field.</p><p><i>Ex Hermanubis Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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