Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 995. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Marcus Aurelius. 54-68 AD. Æ Medallion (41mm, 47.80 gm, 5h). Homonoia with Laodicea ad Lycum. Attalus Sophistes, strategus. Struck 169-175 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust left / ATTALOC[•]CO-FICTHC•TAIC•PATPICI, •CMV[P•LAOD] in exergue, Nemeses of Smyrna standing vis-à-vis before Zeus Laodiceus, holding eagle and sceptre. Franke & Nollé -; Klose Series D (Medallion), 1/2 (V5/R1; this coin); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Ionia 514. Near VF, black-green patina, small edge chip, light smoothing in fields. Extremely rare. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection (Hans Schulman, 6-11 June 1969), lot 1618.