Triton XIV, Lot: 738. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.87 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 185. M COMMODVS ANT ON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head right / P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, S C across field, FOR RED in exergue, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. RIC III 446 var. (wheel below seat); MIR 18, -; Banti 72; BMCRE p. 798 §. Near EF, green and red patina. Very rare.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.

Celebrating victories in Britain, this coin depicts Fortuna Redux, holding the rudder, which she uses to guide the world, and cornucopia, symbol of plenty. Goddess of fortune, Fortuna Redux is also the ‘Bringer-back,’ who brings Commodus back safely from his journeys.