Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1010. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA. Thyatira. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Æ Medallion (46mm, 53.68 gm, 12h). Asiaticus Hermogenes, strategus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EPI CTPA•A-CIATIKOV EPMOGEN(OVC), QVATEIPH•/NWN in two lines in exergue, Hephaestus seated left on wreathed cippus, putting finishing touches wth hammer on a Corinthian helmet set on low column, while Athena, standing left and holding spear and shield, touches top of column. SNG Copenhagen -; Waddington 7067. VF, red-brown patina, light roughness and overall scratches. Extremely rare, the second known specimen. ($1000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000), lot 738.