Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 754. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Medallion (41mm, 54.07 gm, 7h). AVTO KAI TI AI ADRI ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CWTHPI ACKLH PIW NIKAIEIC, half-length bust of Asclepius left, partially draped; serpent beside right shoulder. RG pg. 410, 85 (pl LXVIII, 18); BMC Pontus -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, magnificent apple green patina, slightly worn at high points, but generally smooth and glossy. A huge second century medallic bronze. ($2000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.