Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1602. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRISPINA, wife of Commodus. Augusta 178-182 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.75 gm). Struck circa 178-180 AD. Draped bust right / Salus seated left, holding patera from which she feeds snake coiled about altar. RIC III 672a (Commodus); MIR 18, 17-6a; BMCRE 422 (Commodus); Cohen 33. VF, choice green patina with patches of red. ($500)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXI (9-10 September 1994), lot 1036; Mikhailevich Collection; Prof. Angelo Signorelli Collection, Part III (P. & P. Santamaria, 13 March 1953), lot 619.