315, Lot: 458. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 22.98 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 191. Laureate head right / Cybele, holding tympanum and scepter, seated facing on back of lion running right. RIC 599; MIR 18, 827-6/30; Banti 209. Fine, brown patina, rough and porous surfaces. Scarce type.
From the R. D. Frederick Collection.