Marcus Aurelius & Commodus, as Caesar

375, Lot: 692. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius, with Commodus as Caesar. AD 161-180. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 175. Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius right / Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Commodus. RIC III 336; MIR 18, 302-4/30; RSC 1a. VF, toned. Very rare.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 219 (10 March 2014), lot 421; A. Lynn Collection (Helios 4, 14 October 2009), lot 490; Lanz 102 (28 May 2001), lot 625.