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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1522. Estimate $1000. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. 
Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVUS COMMODUS. Died 192 AD. AR Denarius (2.69 gm). Alexandria mint. Struck under Septimius Severus, circa 193-195 AD. Laureate head right / Eagle standing left on globe, head right. RIC IV 263b (Commodus); Bickford-Smith, "The Imperial Mints in the East for Septimius Severus," RIN 1994/1995, pl. I, 11; BMCRE pg. 756 (same obverse die); cf. RSC 61a. VF, porous. One of the finest examples. Very rare, listed as doubtful by RSC. ($1000)