Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1122. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Commodus and Annius Verus, Caesars. 166-168 AD. Æ 17mm (2.50 gm). Draped bust of Commodus right vis à vis draped bust of Annius left; club and caduceus in saltire between / Decastyle temple with eagle in pediment. SNG Levante 1018; SNG France 1457. Near VF, green patina. Rare. ($500)

The confronted busts on the obverse are not named on the coin, but their identification as the two sons of Marcus Aurelius is accepted by most authorities.