87, Lot: 130. Estimate $200. Sold for $235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMODUS. 177-192 AD. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 23.73 gm). Struck 180 AD. Laureate and cuirassed 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 300 var. (laureate, draped, and cuirassed); MIR 18, 497-6/35; BMCRE 380; Cohen 305 var. (laureate). VF, brown surfaces. Scarce. 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

Commemmorates the distribution made on Commodus' accession.