Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 758. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Pergamum. Lucius Verus. 161-169 AD. Æ Medallion (41mm, 34.86 gm, 6h). Atilius Kratippos, magistrate. AV KAI
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AT]UL KRATIPPOU PERGAMH DI, NEOKO, Verus(?) on horseback riding left. Unpublished in the major collections, but cf. BMC Mysia pg. 147, 291 for the magistrate. VF, dark brown patina, small obverse flan flaw, reverse double struck, a few scratches. ($750)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Triton II (1-2 December 1998), lot 632.