Triton XVI, Lot: 696. Estimate $15000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Elaea. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (41mm, 42.73 g, 6h). L(ucius) Castrichinus, strategus for the second time. Struck circa AD 188. AV KAI ΛV AIΛ AVP KOMMOΔOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CTPA Λ KA[C] TPICX ЄINOV, ЄΛAITΩN/[T]O B in two lines in exergue, Athena, holding serpent-entwined olive tree, seated right, and Zeus, holding patera and scepter, enthroned left, vis-à-vis. SNG von Aulock 1613; cf. Mionnet Supp. VI 210. EF, wonderful green patina with earthen overtones, slight shift strike on reverse. Extremely rare and superior to the von Aulock specimen.