Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 759. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamum. Commodus. 180-192 AD. Æ 38mm (33.68 gm, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus in Ionia. P. Aelius Pius, magistrate. AV KAI M AV PH KOMODOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EPI CTP P AI PIOV KOINON OMONO, PERGAMHNWN KAI EFECIWN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing and Asklepios, standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff. Franke & Nollé 1545; SNG France -; cf. BMC Mysia pg. 164, 354 (with Nike on reverse); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, dark green patina, obverse double struck. Very rare, probably the second known and finest specimen. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 6 (10 June 2000), lot 521.