Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 987. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamum. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ Medallion (42mm, 43.20 gm, 6h). Julius Anthimus, strategus. Struck 214 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / EPO (sic) CTP IOVL ANQIMO[V PERGAMHNWN], PRWTWN TR[IC]/NEWKORW/N in three lines in exergue, Caracalla on horseback right, holding spear and being crowned by Nike standing behind; to right, trophy, bound captive seated left at base and Parthia standing right. SNG France 2252; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, black-green patina with traces of red, damnatio memoriae(?) cut across face. Rare. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.