Auction 347 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM A Selected Collection of Roman Republican, Imperial and Byzantine Coins 2nd Part
Wednesday 9 July 2025 hours 15:30 (UTC +01:00)
Commodus as Caesar, Sestertius struck under Marcus Aurelius, Rome, 179; Æ (25,03 g; 31,5 mm; 6 h)
M AVREL COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM [SARM] Draped bust r., head bare; Rv. HILARITAS / S – C Hilaritas standing l., holding long palm and cornucopia. RIC 1523 (Aurelius); Cohen 217. Chocolate brown patina with some red spots. Slight traces of old cleaning, otherwise near extremely fine.
