Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 790. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. As Caesar, 166-177 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.97 g, 12h). Struck 175 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Commodus standing left, holding branch and spear; trophy to right. RIC III 1518 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 309-16/14; BMCRE 518 (Aurelius); Cohen 610. VF, dark green-black patina, minor porosity, light scratches in obverse field. Very rare. ($1000)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 1236.

From Commodus' first issue of coinage as Caesar.