302, Lot: 254. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Septimius Severus, with Geta as Caesar. AD 193-211. Æ (36mm, 24.85 g, 12h). Epitynchanontos, prytanis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius right, facing laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta left (erased in act of
damnatio memoriae); c/m: ΘЄOY within rectangular incuse / [Є]ΠI ΠPV ЄΠITVNKANONTOC Γ ΦΙΛΩNOC [CTPATONIKЄΩN], Zeus Panamarus, holding scepter, on horseback right; lighted altar before. SNG von Aulock 8162 var. (arrangement of rev. legend; same obv. die). Near VF, brown patina, light roughness, reverse slightly double struck.