COMMODUS
AD 177-192
AE Tetrassarion. 12.00g, 29.4mm
MINTED: THRACE, Anchialus. Caecilius Servilianus as Legatus, circa AD 188-192
REF: Varbanov 125 (R6); AMNG 442; RPC Online Vol. 4, #4533
OBVERSE: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС, laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right.REVERSE: ΗΓ ΚΑΙ СƐΡΟVΙΛΙΑΝΟV ΑΓΧΙΑΛƐΩΝ, closed city gate with two towers; wall surmounted by gallery of arches.
Notes:Dark brownish green patina. Rare type for Commodus showing the city gate of Anchialus.
Historical Notes:
Anchialus, modern day Pomorie in southeastern Bulgaria, was a small settlement founded around the 5th century BC by Greek colonists from Apollonia. It flourished under Roman rule, particularly during the rule of the Severan emperors, when it served as the Empire's trading hub in the province of Thrace. From the mid 3rd century, the region suffered increasing incursions from barbarian tribes crossing the Danube, and in AD 270, Anchialus itself was sacked by an army of Goths under king Cannabaudes, who said to have been attracted to the city's restorative hot springs.
COMMODUS . THRACE, Anchialus . AE Tetrassarion . Large and rare citygate type
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