Apparently Unpublished Hadrianopolis Medallion

Triton XIX, Lot: 362. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Hadrianopolis-Sebaste. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Æ Medallion (39mm, 34.15 g, 6h). Potitus, magistrate. AV KAI CЄΠ CЄVHPOC ΠЄPT IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CЄBAC, confronted busts of Domna right, draped, and Severus left, radiate, draped, and cuirassed / ЄΠI ΠOTЄITOV IЄP-OMNH[...] CЄBACTH AΔPIAN/OΠO, Helios, holding [whip?] in right hand, globe in left, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses. Unpublished in the standard references. EF, green patina. Rare and impressive.

Struck from dies of charming, if slightly naive, style. It is interesting that Domna is given pride of place on the left hand side of the obverse facing right, rather than facing left as on the majority of medallions featuring confronted busts of emperor and empress.