Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 943. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE. Perinthus. Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ Medallion (40mm, 35.53 gm, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PERINQIwN DIC NEwKORwN, Severus Alexander, standing facing on galley sailing left, raising hand and holding sceptre; Isis Pharia standing at bow, Serapis at stern crowning emperor and holding rudder; three dolphins swimming alongside. Mouchmov 4641; SNG Copenhagen -; Varbanov 4083. Near VF, red-brown patina, minor flan crack, minor roughness. Very rare. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 5 (14 May 1999), lot 110.