Germe (AD 166-177) AE 32 - Commodus1587 viewsCommodus, as Caesar, 166-177 AD. AE32 (19.66g). Hermolaos, archon. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΕΠΙ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ ΑΡC ΓΕΡΜΗÎΩÎ, Commodus on horseback charging right. VF, pale green patina, scratches in reverse field. Extremely rare - possibly only the third known specimen. Drewry Coll.; Ex Berk 108 (5/1999), lot 765. 
(38 votes)
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Germe (AD 198-211) AE 45 - Septimius Severus1178 viewsSeptimius Severus, with Caracalla, 198-211 AD. AE45 - Medallion (78.23g, 6h). Glycon, second strategus. Struck 202-205 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, seen from behind, and laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla left, seen from behind, vis-à -vis / ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ ΓΛΥΚΩÎΟC Î’, Herakles seated left on lion’s skin draped over rock, holding club set on ground and cantharus; to left, Apollo, standing right, holding plectrum and lyre, and Artemis drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; to right, Tyche standing left, crowning Herakles and holding cornucopiae; ΓΕΡΜΗÎΩΠin exergue. Good VF, even green-black patina. Extremely rare, one of five known (the fourth in the BN). Ex Drewry Coll. (Triton VIII, 1/2005), lot 765.
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Germe (AD 238-244) AE 17 - Gordian III441 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE17 (3.15g). Bust right / ΓEPMHNON, Herakles standing facing, holding club in his right hand and lion skin in his left.
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