Watch List notes:

Commodus. AD 177-192. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.25 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 177. L ΛVREL COMMODVS ΛVG GERM SΛRM, laureate and draped bust right / TR P II • IMP II • COS • P • P •, Castor, naked except for cloak seen on breast and shoulder, wearing round cap, standing left, in front of horse left, holding it by the bridle in right hand and spear in left. RIC III – (Aurelius); MIR 18, 403-12/33; Calicó 2336 (sames dies as illustration); BMCRE –; Biaggi –. Choice EF, toned, lustrous.


From the Continental Collection. Ex Hall Park McCullough Collection (Stack's, 20 November 1967), lot 904; Helbing 70 (9 December 1932), lot 307.