Lot 1156

Sale 57 · Important Australian & World Coins, Military Medals & Banknotes

Commodus, (A.D. 177-192), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 183, (23.2 grams), obv. laureate head of Commodus to right, around M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, rev. around PROV DEOR TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P, across field S C, Providentia standing to left, holding wand over globe and sceptre, (S.-, RIC 312, cf.C.627). Good fine/fine and scarce.