Triton XX, Lot: 774. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 7.04 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 192. L • AEL • AVREL • CO MM • AVG P FEL, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P X VII • IMP VIII COS VII P P, Mars, helmeted, naked but for cloak floating behind him, standing left, right foot advanced and set on cuirass to left, right knee bent, holding up branch in right had and spear and shield in left. RIC III 231; MIR 18, 841-2/33; Calicó 2308; BMCRE 315 (same obv. die); Biaggi –. Near EF, toned, rough surfaces. Rare. Calicó uses a line drawing instead of a photograph.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Christie’s (7 October 1986), lot 246.