Extremely Rare and Interesting Medallion from Peltae

370, Lot: 276. Estimate $500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Peltae. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Medallion (37mm, 32.46 g, 6h). Krateros Attalos, grammateus. Struck circa AD 144-161. KAI MAP AVPHΛIOC, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠЄΛTHNΩN MAKЄΔONΩN, processional scene: satyr holding torch and reins, driving carriage drawn by two bulls left; in carriage to right, reclining male figure left; above, another satyr, uncertain figure, and a third figure holding lyre; behind, two more figures pushing carriage, and a final uncertain figure standing left; in two lines in exergue, ЄΠI KPATЄPOV AT / TAΛOV ΓPAM. RPC IV online –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; BMC –; apparently unpublished. Near VF, green patina. Extremely rare, and featuring a heretofore unknown magistrate.