Triton XIV, Lot: 737. Estimate $10000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 178. L • AVREL • COM MODVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P III • IM P II COS • P • P •, Castor standing left, holding spear and horse by its bridle. RIC III 648 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 420-12/37; Calicó 2337a (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 775. EF, underlying luster, a couple traces of red deposits on obverse.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.