Commodus Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 180-181. M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right / IVPPITER CONSERVATOR TR P V IMP IIII, Jupiter standing, head left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and spear in left hand; holding cloak over Commodus, who stands below, left, holding branch and sceptre; S-C across fields, COS II P P in exergue. RIC 304 var. (obv. legend); C. 272 var. (same); BMCRE p. 759 * var. (same). 19.96g, 30mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine, lightly tooled. Extremely Rare; unpublished in the standard references with this obv. legend.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.