Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 791. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. 177-192 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.57 g, 5h). Struck 177 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / DE GERMANIS in exergue, pile of arms: cuirass, shields of various shapes, spears, trumpets. RIC III 1569 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 398-6/32; BMCRE 1655 (Aurelius and Commodus); Cohen 79 var. (draped and cuirassed). VF, brown surfaces. ($300)