CNG 102, Lot: 1006. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.35 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 179. L • AVREL • COM MODVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII IMP III COS II P P, Mars, helmeted, naked except for cloak behind him, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy in left hand over left shoulder. RIC III 659; MIR 18, 450-12/37; Calicó 2339; BMCRE 795 (same dies); Biaggi 1015. Good VF.