170, Lot: 257. Estimate $150. Sold for $94. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ As (25mm, 8.39 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 190. Laureate head right / Commodus as founder, veiled and togate, plowing right with two oxen. RIC III 570; BMCRE 659; Cohen 40. Near VF, dark green patina, rough surfaces.

Struck in 190 AD to commemorate the refounding of Lanuvium as a colony, the birthplace of Commodus.