CNG 102, Lot: 1011. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.09 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 188. M COMM • ANT • P FEL • AVG BRIT, laureate and cuirassed bust right / P M • TR P XIII • IMP VIII COS V • P • P, SAL • AVG in exergue, Salus, draped, seated left, feeding from patera in right hand a snake rising from an altar. RIC III 178 corr. (XIII not XIIII); MIR 18, 749-2/35; Calicó 2322 var. (bust type – same rev. die); BMCRE p. 735, * var. (same); Biaggi 1029 var. (same; same rev. die). Good VF. Extremely rare.