Watch List notes:

Commodus, as Caesar, 166-177. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 23.92 g, 12 h), struck under his father, Marcus Aurelius, Rome, 177. IMP L AVREL COMMODVS AVG GERM SARM Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right. Rev. TR P II COS P P / S C / DE GERMANIS Pile of arms, spoils from the expedition against the German tribes. Banti 34. Cohen 79. RIC 1570 (M. Aurelius). Glossy dark green patina. Good fine.

From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1975.