Commodus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 186-189. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / VICTORIAE FELICI, Victory, draped and turreted, flying to left, holding diadem in both hands above two oval shields, tablet inscribed C V P P below. RIC III -, cf. 196 (denarius); C. -, cf. 952 (denarius); BMCRE 240 note; Biaggi 1023; Calicó 2360a (same dies). 7.22g, 20mm, 12h.
Mint State. Extremely Rare; seemingly one of fewer than six known specimens.
From the Altstetten Collection, kept in the vault of Crédit Suisse Geneva (documentation available upon request) since 26 November 1969.