348, Lot: 462. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Heracleopolis (as Sebastopolis). Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (27mm, 12.46 g, 11h). Dated CY 208 (AD 205/6). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing facing, leaning upon club and holding lion skin; ЄT H/C (date) across field. RG 7 var. (bust type; same rev. die). VF, earthen green patina. Very rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.