The League of Thirteen Cities

286, Lot: 223. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, League of Thirteen Cities. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Medallion (42mm, 49.26 g). Marcus Claudius Fronto, asiarch and high priest of the Thirteen Cities. Laureate and draped bust left / Blank. BMC 1 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 7811-3 (same obv. die). Fine, green patina, reverse smoothed down in antiquity and with faint scratches or graffiti in field.