Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1724. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. 177-192 AD. AR Denarius (2.77 gm). Struck 191 AD. Laureate head right / Apollo standing facing, head right, holding plectrum in right hand and supporting lyre on column with left. RIC III 218; BMCRE 292; RSC 25. EF, Extremely Rare type (although not credited as such in RSC). ($400)

From the Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection. Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica/Spink Taisei, 16 November 1994), lot 515; Classical Numismatic Auctions Sale VII (4 May 1989), lot 351.