336, Lot: 176. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (35mm, 27.51 g, 6h). Homonoia with Laodicea in Phrygia. Attalus Sophistes, magistrate. Struck AD 169-175. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus Laodiceus standing right, holding scepter and eagle, facing Cybele seated left, left elbow on tympanum. Klose 8-14 var. (V6/R– [unlisted rev. die]); F&N 1943-44 var. (unlisted dies); SNG von Aulock 2243. VF, dark brown surfaces.