Triton XVII, Lot: 737. Estimate $10000. Sold for $31000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 175-176. COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SARM, bareheaded and draped bust right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing left, holding flower in right hand, raising hem of skirt with left. RIC III 620 (Aurelius) var. (bust also cuirassed); MIR 18, 344-12/13; Calicó 2334; Biaggi 1012; BMCRE 654 var. (same). EF, underlying luster. Rare reverse type and extremely rare without cuirass.