337, Lot: 448. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Crispina. Augusta, AD 178-182. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.52 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Commodus. Draped bust right / DIS GENITALIBVS, lighted altar of rectangular shape. RIC III 281 (Commodus); MIR 18, 8-4a; RSC 15. VF, lightly toned, minor deposits in the obverse devices.

From Group SGF.

Apparently commemorating an altar dedicated by the empress in hope of or thanks for a blessing of fecundity from the dei genitales.