Finest of Three Known

CNG 88, Lot: 812. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EUBOEA, Chalcis. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (27mm, 13.55 g, 9h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius right / Head of Hera right, wearing polos. Picard Em. 101; BCD Euboia 296; SNG Copenhagen 466. Good VF, green patina. Better than the BCD or SNG Copenhagen specimens. Extremely rare.

From Group CEM.