ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN EMPIRE, Commodus, AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (28.88g). Mint of Rome, struck AD 184. M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate head facing right. Rev. TR P VIIII I-MP VI COS IIII P P, S-C, Minerva advancing right, holding a shield and brandishing a spear (RIC 410a; C.917; BMC 533). Excellent portrait, attractive glossy chocolate brown patina. Nearly extremely fine.
ex Signorelli Collection
ex Zigmond Collection, Sotheby's, October 1981
ex Platt Hall Collection, Glendining's, London, July 19, 1950.
Estimate: $ 2,500