109, Lot: 106. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamum. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ Medallion (43mm, 42.16 gm). Struck 214-215 AD. M. Caerelius Attalus, strategos. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, viewed from the front; c/m: wreath / [EPI CTPA M K]AIPEL ATTALOU PER[GAMH]/NWN around, PRO TWN G NE/OKORWN in two lines in exergue, Caracalla standing left, holding sceptre and raising hand toward tree about which a serpent is coiled; between, a small figure of Telesphoros on basis. SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. BMC Mysia pg. 156, 326, pl. XXXI, 6 (same dies); c/m: Howgego 480. Near Fine, brown patina. 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk (12 May 1999), lot 768.

One of the impressive series of Pergamene medallions commemorating Caracalla's visit to Pergamum and its famous shrine of Asklepios in AD 214.