370, Lot: 454. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.39 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 186. Laureate head right / Commodus standing left on daïs, holding scepter and addressing three soldiers to left; three aquila behind; [F]ID EXERC[IT] in exergue. RIC III 468a; MIR 18, 688-6/30; Banti 67. Fine, rough brown surfaces with touches of green, areas of red encrustation. Rare type.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.