Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1500. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. 177-192 AD. AV Aureus (7.29 g, 12h). Struck 187 AD. M COMM • ANT • P • FEL • AVG BRIT, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / NOBILIT • AVG P M TR P XII • IMP VIII COS V P P, Nobilitas standing right, holding sceptre in right hand, small statue of Minerva in left. RIC III 155a var. (also cuirassed); MIR 18, 732-2/33 (this coin referenced); Calicó 2292; BMCRE 216 note (this coin referenced); Cohen -. EF, lustrous. Extremely rare variety without cuirass, one of approximately three known. ($7500)

Ex Münzhandlung Basel 10 (15 March 1938), lot 663.