Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1038. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVUS COMMODUS. Died 192 AD. AR Denarius (2.58 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa 193-195 AD. Laureate head right / Eagle standing left, head right, on globe. RIC IV 263b (Commodus); Bickford-Smith pl. I, 11; BMCRE p. 756 (same obverse die); cf. RSC 61a. Near VF, porous, light scuff on neck. One of the finer examples. Very rare, listed as doubtful by RSC. ($500)