Triton XX, Lot: 770. Estimate $20000. Sold for $17500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 178. L • AVREL • COM MODVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR P III • IM P II • COS • P • P •, Castor standing left, holding horse by its bridle with right hand and spear in left. RIC III 648 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 420-12/37; Calicó 2337b (same dies as illustrated coin); BMCRE 774-5 (Aurelius and Commodus); Biaggi 1014 (same dies as illustrated coin). Superb EF, lustrous.