453, Lot: 559. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.58 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 191. Laureate head right / I O M SPONSOR SE C AVG, Commodus, holding globe and scepter, and Jupiter, holding thunderbolt and placing hand on emperor’s shoulder, standing left. RIC III 255; MIR 18, 820-4/30; RSC 239. Toned, traces of deposits. Good VF. Rare.

Ex Roma V (23 March 2013), lot 826.