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Elaea AE21 BMC 49 of Commodus

Commodus AE21 of Aeolis, Elaea. AV K L AVP KOMO, laureate draped bust right / ELAITWN, flaming altar between two torches, each with serpent climbing up.

Lot No.3519. VF and a rare city.

$ 125.

Commodus was the son of Marcus Aurelius and was made co-emperor in 177 AD. He was a megalomaniac who fancied himself the reincarnation of Hercules, and was killed in 192 AD.