Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 946. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (7.31 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 184. M COMMODVS AN-TON AVG PIVS, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / • P • M • TR P VIIII • IMP VI COS IIII P • P, Jupiter seated left, holding Victory in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 69e; MIR 18, 618-2/35; Calicó 2296; BMCRE 118; Cohen 421. Near EF, handsome red-gold toning, shallow scrape in field behind Victory. Underlying luster.