Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 767. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Thyatira. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Æ Medallion (44mm, 35.72 gm, 7h). Homonoia with Pergamum in Mysia. Moschios, magistrate. AVT KAI L CEP CEOVHPOC PER, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / EPI CTP MOCX OV B PERGAMHNWN QUATEIRHNWN OMONOIA, Asclepius of Pergamum standing right, holding serpent-entwined staff, and Apollo Tyrimnaeus of Thyatira standing left. Franke & Nollé 2297; BMC Lydia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Mabbott 1856. VF, dark reddish brown patina, smoothed and tooled. Very rare. ($750)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 1047.

Franke & Nollé describe three varieties of this medallion, based on perceived minor differences in the figure of Apollo and the reverse legends. Examination of the published specimens suggests they are in fact all one type, the differences being due to wear and subsequent tooling on the different specimens.