372, Lot: 259. Estimate $300. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (40mm, 30.37 g, 1h). Caecilius Maternus, legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. Struck circa AD 187. AV KAI MAP AV KOMOΔOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / HΓE KAI MATEPNOY ΦIΛI / ΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN, Dionysus standing left, holding patera and filleted thyrsus; to left, panther standing left, head right; to inner right, small figure (satyr?) standing facing. RPC IV online –; Varbanov –; apparently unpublished. VF, rough green-brown surfaces. Extremely rare medallic issue.