109, Lot: 102. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Germe. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ Medallion (39mm, 37.72 gm). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / [EPI CTPAT IOVL FONTHIO]V AL[EXA]ND/[R]OV around, [G]ERMHN[WN] in exergue, Herakles standing right, holding club and lion by the hind leg. Ehling 175 (V1/R1), 1 = LIMC 5/2, 1987 (this coin); SNG France 992 = Waddington 7037 = Voegtli 2f (same dies). Near Fine, brown patina, edge bump. Very rare, one of two known specimens and the only one available to the collector.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Mabbott Collection Part I (Hans Schulman Gallery, 6-11 June 1969), lot 1797; G. Hirsch 35 (25 June 1963), lot 956.