Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1498. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. 177-192 AD. Æ Sestertius (29.08 g, 12h). Struck 180 AD. L AVREL COMMO-DVS AVG TR P V, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / IOVI VICTORI IM-P III COS II P P, S C across field, Jupiter seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand, sceptre in left. RIC III 291f; MIR 18, 467-16/35; BMCRE 1722 (Marcus and Commodus); Cohen 264. Good VF, wonderful green patina with patches of red, small edge split. Attractive portrait from the final joint-reign issue. ($1500)

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.