143, Lot: 259. Estimate $150. Sold for $199. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 22.20 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 181. Laureate head right / Commodus seated left on curule chair set on platform extending hand, officer standing behind, Liberalitas standing before; citizen mounting steps holding up fold of toga. RIC III 310; Cohen 310. Near VF, brown and green patina, a few field scratches. Scarce reverse.

Ex Cornelius Vermuele Collection.