303, Lot: 266. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (27mm, 11.96 g, 12h). Struck AD 194-197. Laureate head right / IOVΛ/ ΛAOΔI/ CЄOYH M/HTP/OΛЄΩC in five lines within laurel wreath. Myer 12 (V6/R8). Good VF, earthen green patina. Good portrait.

From Group CEM.

At first glance, this cataloguer took the reverse to be double struck. Upon closer inspection, it is apparent that the unbalanced appearance of the reverse is simply the result of very clumsy engraving.