Watch List notes:

Commodus, 177-192. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30mm, 24.15 g 11), Rome, 192. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL Laureate head of Commodus to right. Rev. P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P / S C At center, Commodus, togate, standing 3/4 facing to left, clasping right hands over a low altar with Serapis, draped and wearing a polos, standing right; behind him, Isis standing right holding a sistrum; at the right, Victory standing left and crowning the emperor. Banti 328. BMC 707. Cohen 592. RIC 614a. A rare type with a dark patina. Good very fine.


From a Czech collection, sold by Karel Chaura, Prague (1869-1945).