CNG 93, Lot: 1184. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.93 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 181. Laureate head right / Annona standing left, holding cornucopia and grain ears over modius filled with grain ears. RIC III 307a; MIR 18, 507-6/30; Banti 3. VF, dark green and brown patina, minor edge split, areas of light porosity and smoothing.

From the Chiltern Collection.