Lot 2425

Sale 51 · Australian & World Coins, Military Medals & Banknotes

Commodus, (A.D. 177-192), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 189, (20.12 grams), obv. laureate head of Commodus to right, around M COMMOD ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P, rev. around [FORT] FELI P [M TR P XIIII IMP VI]II COS V DES VI, across field S C, Fortuna standing to left, foot on prow, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, (S.-, RIC 541, C.161). Clipped flan, dark patina, very fine and scarce.