Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1167. Closing Date: 14 June 2006.
Sold For $6150
Mysia, Germe. Septimius Severus, with Caracalla. 198-211 AD. AE 
Medallion 45mm (48.23 gm, 6h). Glykon, magistrate.
AV KAI L CEPTIC CEVHPOC P KAI AU K M AU ANTWNEINOC EV, laureate and draped bust of Severus confronting similar bust of Caracalla.
EPI CTP GLUKWNOC B, GERMHNWN in exergue, nude Herakles seated left on lionskin draped over rock, holding club set on ground  and kantharos in left. Standing around him are Apollo, nude but for cloak, holding plectron and lyre; Artemis in short chiton, grasping bow and drawing arrow from quiver; and Tyche, turreted, holding cornucopiae and placing wreath on Herakles' head. 

   Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Triton VIII, 11-12 January 2005), lot 765.

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