335, Lot: 502. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 21.43 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 181. Laureate head right / Commodus seated left on curule chair set on daïs; attendant standing behind him; before him, Liberalitas stands to left, holding tessera and cornucopia; citizen on left mounting steps toward platform. RIC III 310; MIR 18, 511-6/30; Banti 188. VF, glossy brown patina, minor smoothing.
From the JDW Collection. Ex Rudolf Berk Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 108, 16 February 2005), lot 174.