349, Lot: 439. Estimate $150. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 26.46 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Aurelius and Verus, AD 177. Laureate and draped bust right / Juno Sospita advancing right, brandishing javelin and holding shield; serpent erect at feet to right. RIC III 1583 (Aurelius) var. (also cuirassed); MIR 18, 413-16/37 var. (same); Banti 162. VF, tan and red surfaces, some roughness, traces of earthen deposits.