348, Lot: 476. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAPHLAGONIA, Germanicopolis. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (28mm, 14.00 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Demeter standing left, holding grain ears, poppy, and torch. Cf. BMC 6 (same obv. die); Otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, dark brown patina. Attractive portrait. Extremely rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.