383, Lot: 538. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 175-176. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC III 622 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 344-14/13; RSC 709. VF, toned, a few shallow scratches on reverse under tone.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind BBS 155 (24 June 2010), lot 255; Cederlind BBS 153 (16 November 2009), lot 256; Cederlind BBS 134 (29 March 2005), lot 253.