CNG 102, Lot: 1010. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.64 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 187. Laureate head right / Hilaritas standing facing, head left, holding long palm frond and an olive branch. RIC III 497; MIR 18, 729-6/30 var. (rev. inscription with HILARITAS); Banti 115. VF, even brown surfaces with a couple of patches of red.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.