The Imperial Couple as Helios & Selene

291, Lot: 244. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Æ (32mm, 18.36 g, 1h). Struck AD 198-199. Conjoined busts right of Septimius Severus, radiate, draped, and cuirassed, and Julia Domna, draped and set on crescent; c/m’s: 1) C(AΓ) within retangular incuse; 2) COL within rectangular incuse / Jupiter seated left, holding crowing Nike on globe in right hand, scepter in left; to left, agonistic urn set on table. Myer – (V3/R9 – unlisted die combination); for c/m’s: Howgego 581 and 586, respectively. Near VF, black patina.