116, Lot: 296. Estimate $200. Sold for $336. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. 177-192 AD. Æ As (28mm, 10.31 g). Struck 181-182 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Minerva standing left, holding branch and resting hand on shield; reversed spear rests against her arm. RIC III 338; MIR 18, 534-9/32; BMCRE 489; Cohen 820. Nice VF, attractive, dark reddish-brown patina.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.