Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 973. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS. Amasia. Commodus. 177-192 AD. Æ 33mm (21.30 gm, 12h). Dated CY 189 (189/90 AD). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / ADRI AMAC MHT-RO NEWK PR PON, ET PPQ in exergue, Commodus on horseback right, casting javelin at speared lion advancing right beneath. RG 31 var. (reverse legend); SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, black-green patina. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.