Commodus, AE47 medallion of the Ionian league. AD 180-192. 54.33 gr.

AY KA M KOMMODOC CEBACTOC HLIOC HRAKLH RWMAI, laureate bust 
left draped with a lionskin.
ACIAC PROTWN EFECIWN PERGAMHNWN around, KOINON GI POLEWN
PRON KL FRONTWN below, Herakles, naked, sitting left on
rock, club resting behind him, grasping the hand of the 
unwilling Auge; quiver in left field.

Unique. Waldeck 620 (this coin). var of SNG von Aulock 7611 
var (this reverse for Antoninus Pius); Paris 1298A and 
Waddington 7039 (Lucius Verus).

Ex Münzhandlung Basel 3, 1935 (Prinz Waldeck Collection).

With permission of Roma Numismatics, October 2011.

Note from Dane: the 1935 sales catalog can be downloaded here:
http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/muenzhandlung_basel1935_03_04
(Heidelberg University digital library has generously
placed hundreds of old German and Swiss auction catalogs
online for free access).