Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 764. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletus. Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. 161-169 AD. Æ Medallion (39mm, 28.86 gm, 5h). Aelius Themistocles, Asiarch. M AVP KAI ANTWNINOC L AVP OVHPOC KAI, bust of Aurelius right vis-à-vis bust of Verus left, both laureate and cuirassed / EPI AIL QEMICTO KLEOV ACIAPXOV, MILHCWN in exergue, tetrastyle temple of Apollo Didymus, statue within, globe in pediment. C. Fontana, "Note su alcune monete inedite della serie urbica greca coniate durante l'impero romano. IV parte," RIN 1975, 5 (this coin); BMC Ionia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, dark green patina, red-brown encrustation. Apparently unique. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 6 (10 June 2000), lot 521.