Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 944. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE. Philippopolis. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ Medallion (42mm, 40.21 gm, 1h). Struck 214 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KOINON QRAKWN ALEXAN PVQIA EN FILIPP, Caracalla standing left, holding sceptre and sacrificing over altar before statuette of Apollo set on cippus, being crowned by Nike standing behind. Cf. Mouchmov 5335; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. Varbanov 1247. Near VF, black and brown patina, hairline flan crack, light porosity. Very rare. ($750)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 924.