CNG 99, Lot: 663. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 32.59 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 185. M COMMODVS AN TON AVG PIVS BRIT, bareheaded and draped bust right / VIRT AVG P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, S C below, Commodus on horseback galloping right, striking panther with spear, which is already wounded by spear in its chest. RIC III 453b; MIR 18, 667-6/13; Banti 491. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, some dark green, areas of porosity and earthen deposits. Very rare, only one example in CoinArchives.