Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1153. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. 177-192 AD. AV Aureus (7.29 gm, 12h). Struck 189 AD. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / MART PAC P M T-R P XIIII, COS V P P in exergue, nude Mars standing left, holding olive branch in extended right hand and reversed spear in left hand, shield and greaves at feet left; cuirass on ground in right field. RIC III 174 var. (laureate head); MIR 18 -; cf. BMCRE 256 note; cf. Calicó 2290 (Minerva Victrix); Cohen 349 var. (same). Choice EF. Apparently an unpublished variety. ($10,000)