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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4008696, member: 57495&quot;]When researching the type a few years ago, I came across <a href="http://eroscoin.blogspot.com/2011/03/eros-and-thanatos.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://eroscoin.blogspot.com/2011/03/eros-and-thanatos.html" rel="nofollow">this interesting article</a>, which disagrees with associating the depicted Eros with Thanatos. It lays out a fairly comprehensive argument, but I think things are still open to interpretation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055040[/ATTACH]<b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE20. 4.43g, 19.6mm. THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 180-192. Varbanov 1054 var. (obv legend and bust type); RPC Online Volume 4, #7571 var. (same). O: AV KAI MAP AY [KOMOΔOC], laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.&nbsp; R: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛЄITΩN, winged Eros standing right, legs crossed, resting on inverted torch.</p><p><i>Ex George Spradling Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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