Very Rare Commodus AR Quinarius – Ex Leo Benz Collection

454, Lot: 371. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. AR Quinarius (14mm, 1.48 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 189. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right / P M TR P XIIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC III 183 var. (bust type); MIR 18, 770-5/30; King 22c (this coin); RSC 551a. Attractive, old cabinet tone, slightly rough surfaces. Near EF. Very rare.

Ex Phil Peck (“Morris”) Collection; Classial Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 1593; Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 94, 22 November 1999), lot 668.