No.35.  Caesarea Maritima. Commodus.  Ć 22. A.D. 177-192.  

Obv:  IM COMMODVS ANT ( ONINVS ) . Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.  
Rev:  COLPRMAF AVGCAISAR (...).  Draped bust of Serapis right. 

Ref:   Sear 2056v; Kadman 59v; Ros. 45v; BMC 100-107v.  

Grade: Good Fine, black-brown patina.  

Die Axis:   360°.  Weight:  8.93 g.  

Interesting variety.  Note the spelling of the city’s name on the reverse 
(”Caisarea”), as if some Greek snuck in to the otherwise Latin legend. 
Unrecorded variety of common type? 

Contributed by Henrik Agndal, May, 2003.