Watch List notes:

Commodus, as Caesar, 166-177. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 30.08 g, 12 h), Rome, 172-173. L•AVREL COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SARM Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right. Rev. PRINC IVVENT / S - C Commodus, as prince of the youth, standing front in military attire, head to left, holding branch in his right hand and spear in his left; behind to right, trophy. BMC 1518. Cohen 612. RIC 1520. Rare and with an attractive early portrait. Light deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Münzzentrum Rheinland 132, 19 April 2006, 621.