Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 983. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Hadrianotherae. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Æ Medallion (45mm, 41.34 gm, 6h). Neratius Diogenes, strategus. Laureate and draped bust right / EPI CTP NEPATIOVDI[OGE]NOVC ADPIAN[OQ]HP[e]ITW, N in exergue, Severus standing facing, head left, crowning trophy and holding sceptre; beneath trophy, pair of captives sit on shields, one in attitude of mourning, the other with hands bound behind back. SNG France -; AMNG IV 574; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. Mionnet Supp. V, p. 50, 251 (Bithynia; Pankratios Diogenes). Good VF, olive green patina, minor obverse scrape. Rare. ($750)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.