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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8138930, member: 57495&quot;]Nice coin!&nbsp; RPC&#039;s online database lists 47,007 entries at the present time.&nbsp; I wonder how many (hundreds? thousands?) are represented by just 1 or 2 specimens.&nbsp; I submitted this one to them some time ago, a new reverse type for Commodus at Philippopolis, and for now the only one. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418719[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE30. 18.71g, 30.4mm. THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 187. Caecilius Maternus (legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae). Varbanov -; SNG Cop -; BMC -; Corpus Nummorum Online -; RPC Online IV.1 temp 11896/1 (<i>this coin</i>). O: AV ΚΑΙ Μ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟΣ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ΗΓΕ ΚΑΙ Μ[ΑΤ]ΕΡΝΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠ/ΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Heracles standing right, nude but for lion skin draped over left arm, holding club set on ground in right hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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