Thrice Published Hadrianothera Medallion
Deaccessioned from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

342, Lot: 410. Estimate $500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Hadrianothera. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Medallion (43mm, 35.50 g, 12h). Homonoia with Nicomedia. C. Julius Logismus, magistrate. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Asclepius, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, and Demeter, holding patera and torch, standing on galley. F&N 1628 (VsC/R3) = SNG France 2279 = von Fritze, Pergamon pl. IX, 21 (this coin). Near VF, dark brown and green patina. Rare.

From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France.