436, Lot: 599. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 17.19 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 184-185. Laureate and draped bust right / Salus, seated left on throne ornamented with figure of Spes and sphinx, feeding snake rising erect in front of column, tree in left field. RIC 450 var. (laureate head); MIR 664-6/32; Banti 372. Near VF, brown patina. Extremely rare, one of only two examples on CoinArchives.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29 May 2017), lot 1922.