CNG 96, Lot: 813. Estimate $10000. Sold for $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 1 January-9 December AD 192. L AEL AVREL COM M AVG P FEL, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRT AETE R AVG P M TR P XVII COS VII P P, Virtus standing left on cuirass, holding branch and spear and shield. RIC III 242 corr. (bust type); MIR 18, 852-2/37; Calicó 2361 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE –; Biaggi –. EF, some minor marks and traces of deposits. Extremely rare.