PHILADELPHIA (AMMON) OF THE DECAPOLIS, COMMODUS AE
Spijkerman 34, Very Fine, repatinated, 15.8mm, 3.15 grams, struck Circa. 175 - 177 C.E.
Obverse: Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, inscription around
Reverse: ΦIΛAΔЄ around helmeted head of Athena to right
A Very RARE coin, missing from most collections!
Philadelphia (now Amman) was originally known as Rabbath Ammon (the Capital of Ammon) in the Bible, subsequently called just Ammon.
