Watch List notes:

Commodus, as Caesar, 166-177. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 27.57 g, 6 h), Rome, 175-176. L AVREL COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SARM Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, seen from behind. Rev. SPES PVBLICA / S - C Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising her skirt with her left. BMC -, cf. 1530 note. Cohen 712 var. (draped only). MIR 344-16/17. RIC 1530 var. (draped only). Rare with this bust type. A lovely piece with a fine green patina and an elegant juvenile portrait. About extremely fine.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Leu 5, 27 October 2019, 400.