CNG 97, Lot: 468. Estimate $500. Sold for $760. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Medallion (36mm, 21.67 g, 2h). Kendreiseia Pythia Games issue. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KENΔPEICEIA ΠYΘIA EN ΦIΛΛΙΠΟ, ΠΟΛΙ (NE)ΩKO/PΩ in two lines in exergue, octastyle temple with colonnaded side porch, right, seen in perspective; shield over spear in pediment. Cf. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 469 (for type); Varbanov 1662; Klose & Stumpf –; CNG 96, lot 642 var. (temple left). Good VF, green patina, fields smoothed. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 279 (16 May 2012), lot 163.