Commodus - sestertius Cybele on lion! (N2552)

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (18,3 g, 26 mm). Rome mint. Struck AD 191.  L AEL AVREL CO-MM AVG P FEL Laureate head right / MATRI DEVM CONSERV AVG, S C below, CO[S VI P P] in exergue, Cybele, holding tympanum and scepter, seated facing on back of lion running right. RIC III 599; MIR 18, 827-6/30 .(same); Banti 209 Good fine. Very rare, 5 examples in the archives.