168, Lot: 214. Estimate $100. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Septimius Severus, with Abgar VIII. AD 193-211. Æ 22mm (6.98 g). Laureate head right / Bust of Abgar right wearing tiara, scepter before. BMC Arabia p. 94, 14ff var.; SNG Copenhagen 196 var. Good VF, attractive grayish-green patina, some earthen highlights.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.