300, Lot: 229. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 21.57 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 177. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / [D]E GERMA[NIS] in exergue, large pile of German offensive and defensive arms, carnyx and signa. RIC III 1570 var. (Aurelius, bust type); MIR 18, 398-6/35 (Aurelius); Banti 34 var. (same). Fine, brown patina, flan crack. Unrecorded with this bust type. Extremely rare.