87, Lot: 129. Estimate $150. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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COMMODUS, as Caesar. 166-177 AD. Æ As (27mm, 10.37 gm). Struck 172-173 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Commodus seated left on curule chair set on daïs, extending hand to figure climbing steps; Liberalitas standing left before Commodus on daïs, holding abacus and cornucopiae; officer standing behind Commodus. RIC III 1517 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 304-17/14; Cohen 294. Near VF, brown surfaces, flan crack. Rare.
From the Lakeview Collection.