Commodus as the Reincarnation of Hercules

Triton XVII, Lot: 739. Estimate $15000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD late 191-192. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, head right, wearing lion’s skin headdress that is tied around neck / HERCVLI ROMANO AVGV, S C in exergue, bow, club, and quiver with four arrows. RIC III 639; MIR 18, 858-6/72; Banti 101; BMCRE 717. Good VF, olive green patina.