357, Lot: 243. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LESBOS, Mytilene. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (42mm, 33.47 g, 6h). Apelles II Menemachou, strategos. Struck circa AD 180-182. ΑVΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [ΕΠΙ СΤΡ ΑΠΕΛΛΟVС Β ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟV ΜVΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ], Commodus, [holding palm frond], in quadriga left, [led by soldier to left holding signum]; in background above, trophy on base with two captives. RPC IV online 2932; SNG München 799; Prowe III 801; CNG 51, lot 878. Good Fine, dark green patina. Portrait defaced as an act of damnatio. Very rare, with RPC citing just six examples.