Description: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Balanea (as Leucas-Claudia), Commodus (177 - 192 AD). ΑΥΤO ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟΝ; laureate head right / ΚΛΑΥΔΙEΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΛEΥΚΑΔΙΩΝ ΔΚC; male figure (Commodus?) standing in quadriga galloping right, holding short scepter.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 5,78 g

Grade: F/F

Attribution: BMC 4-5. RPC IV.3 online temp. 5781

Commentary: rare; dark grey brownish patina, some roughness

History: The alternative name of the city, Leucas, is a results of the colonization by the people from the Ionian island of Lefkada (Lefkas, Leukas).

Article Number: 006-02-07-45047