Ancients
Commodus (AD 177-192). AV aureus (20mm, 7.21 gm, 2h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Rome, AD 191. M COM MANT P-FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus right, seen from behind / HERC COM P M TR P X-VI COS VI, Commodus as Hercules standing left holding cornucopiae, sacrificing from patera over lighted altar; on left lion's skin hanging on a tree. RIC III 221. BMCRE 300. Cohen 180 var. Calico 2255. Very rare.
From the Morris Collection. Ex. Spink & Sons, Zurich 7 (8 June 1982), lot 33.
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Estimate: 8000-12000 USD