320, Lot: 453. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 26.43 g, 1h). British victory issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 185. Laureate head right / VICT BRIT in exergue, Victory seated right on pile of arms, inscribing shield set on knee with long stylus. RIC III 452; MIR 18, 665-6/30 var. (VIC BRIT); Banti 485. Fine, brown surfaces, light deposits.

During the reign of Commodus, a serious revolt erupted in Britain in AD 184, the causes of which are uncertain. The revolt was quickly put down and a series of coins was struck to commemorate the event.