Watch List notes:

Commodus. As Caesar, AD 166-177. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 21.43 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Aurelius and Verus, AD 177. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Distribution scene: Marcus Aurelius and Commodus seated left on curule chair set on daïs; to right, Prefect of the praetorium standing left; to left, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia; citizen on left mounting steps toward platform. RIC III 1559 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 390-16/37; Banti 181. VF, green patina.


Ex René Baron Collection (Tradart, 18 December 2014), lot 349.