319, Lot: 428. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 186. Laureate head right / Commodus seated left on platform, attended by officer; before him, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia; citizen on far left, climbing steps of platform. RIC III 134; MIR 18, 690-4/30; RSC 315. VF, toned, edge split, faint scratches. Rare.

This is one of the few instances where an intricate platform scene was compressed onto the small flan of a denarius.