326, Lot: 281. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, League of Thirteen Cities. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Medallion (42mm, 39.72 g, 12h). Marcus Claudius Fronto, asiarch and high priest of the Thirteen Cities. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Herakles seated left on rock covered with lion’s skin, club resting beside, facing Augé who stands left, head right, placing her hand on Herakles’ shoulder. Gillespie 14 or 15. Fair/Fine, encrusted brown patina, large chip on edge, remains of an applied post on the obverse, most likely used to mount the medallion as an appliqué. Rare.