315, Lot: 445. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 25.12 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 179. Laureate head right / Minerva standing left, extending right hand over lighted candelabrum and holding spear and shield set on ground in left. RIC III 1607 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 452-16/30; Banti 133. Fine, brown surfaces.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.