CNG 90, Lot: 1982. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES. Mid – late 3rd century AD. AV “Aureus” (20mm, 4.99 g, 1h). Imitating a Severus Alexander Mars Ultor Aureus. KOCTS up left, CKSWVK up right, laureate, draped, [and cuirassed] bust right / (retrograde K)TS O (horizontal TS)S NO, Mars advancing right, brandishing spear and shield. Cf. RIC IV 245d (for prototype); cf. Göbl, Antike 210; cf. Gorny & Mosch 196, 1027 (for similar example with suspension loop attached). VF, slightly wavy, mount removed.