286, Lot: 355. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 27.07 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 180. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Distribution scene: Commodus seated left on curule chair set on platform, extending hand; lictor standing behind him; before him, Liberalitas distributing dole to man standing on steps of platform. RIC III 300; Banti 185. Near VF, porous brown surfaces.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.