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109, Lot: 111. Estimate $300.
Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Acrasus. Commodus. 177-192 AD. Æ Medallion (38mm, 40.16 gm). Bassius, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from the front / EPI S[TR]A BACCOV around, AKPACIWTWN in exergue, Artemis Ephesia standing facing on left, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae on right; star above. SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. F. Imhoof-Blumer, "Lydische Städtmünzen," in SNR (1897), pg. 43, 3 (different type, but same magistrate); BMC Lydia pg. 11, 15. VF, rough brown patina.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Purchased from A. H. Baldwin and Sons, June 1978.