Two Rare Severan Tetradrachms from the Same Reverse Die

CNG 94, Lot: 939. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.90 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 193/4). Laureate head right / Zeus enthroned left, holding thunderbolt and long scepter; L B (date) across field. Köln 2268 (same rev. die); Dattari 4000 and 9707 var. (arrangement of obv. legend, throne with back); K&G 49.6 (this coin illustrated); Emmet 2694. Near VF, toned, some porosity, struck with worn dies. Very rare.

From the Robert M. Harlick Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 748 (hammer of $1100); Künker 89 (8 March 2004), lot 1808.

From the same reverse die as the following lot.