224, Lot: 474. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ 25mm (8.52 g, 6h). Laureate head right / [...]KAP KO-ΛωN-IA[...], tetrastyle temple containing a baetyl surmounted by crescent in central intercolumnation; signa surmounted by crescent in each wing. BMC 4 var. (rev. legend); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Righetti -; SNG Milan -; Lindgren & Kovacs 2557 var. (same); Lindgren III -. Near VF, black patina under earthen deposits. Very rare type, and possibly an unrecorded variety.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.