CNG 105, Lot: 919. Estimate $750. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 22.50 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 192. Head right, wearing lion-skin headdress that is tied around neck / Bow, club, quiver with arrows. RIC III 639; MIR 18, 858-6/72 corr. (obv. legend); Banti 101. VF, brown surfaces, a few cleaning and smoothing marks. Rare and popular type.

From the Collection of a Director.