Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1033. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. 177-192 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.54 gm, 12h). Struck 179 AD. L AVREL COMM-ODVS AVG TR P IIII, laureate and draped bust right / IMP III COS II P P, S C across field, Minerva standing left, extending right hand over lighted candelabrum and holding spear and shield set on ground. RIC III 1609 (Marcus Aurelius); MIR 18, 452-16/33; Banti 136; BMCRE 1705 (Marcus Aurelius); Cohen 235. Near EF, mottled olive and brown patina. ($1500)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Helbing 59 (31 January 1930), lot 495.