CNG 94, Lot: 1181. Estimate $5000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.26 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 181. • M • COMMODVS ΛNTONINVS ΛVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / SECVRITΛS PVBLICΛ TR P VI IMP IIII, COS III P P in exergue, Securitas seated right, resting head on hand and holding scepter. RIC 23e; MIR 18, 514-2/35; Calicó 2326a (same obv. die); BMCRE –; Biaggi 1011 var. (bust seen from front). Good VF, struck with a slightly worn obverse die. Very rare.