NumisBids
  
The New York Sale
Auction 54  11 Jan 2022
View prices realized

Lot 325

Estimate: 800 USD
Price realized: 875 USD
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
Commodus. Æ Sestertius (27.81 g), AD 177-192. Rome, AD 185. M COMMODVS AN-TON AVG PIVS BRIT, bare-headed and draped bust of Commodus right. Reverse: VIRT AVG P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P around, S C in exergue, emperor on horseback galloping right, attacking panther with spear, which is already wounded by spear in its chest. RIC 453b; BMC 562. Choice dark reddish-brown patina. We note an ancient scrape across the cheek on Commodus. Smoothing in the fields. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $800 - UP
Peter Corcoran Collection, Ex Lanz 141 (26 May 2008), 484.
Question about this auction? Contact The New York Sale