Ancient Coins

Roman Republican Coinage

Lot 3611
Commodus, 177-192 AD. Gold Aureus (6.95g). Issued in 181/182 AD. Laureate draped bust of Commodus right. Reverse: SECVRITAS PVBLICA TRP VI IMP IIII, Securitas seated right, resting head in right hand, holding scepter in left, COS III PP in exergue. RIC 23. Finest style. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $3,500-4,500.
Ex: Numismatic Fine Arts I (Beverly Hills), 21 March 1975, 372.