CNG 105, Lot: 612. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.07 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 193/194). Laureate head right / Athena Nikephorus seated left on cuirass, holding spear; shield below; L B (date) across field. Köln 2265; Dattari 3987; K&G 49.1; Emmett 2662.2. Good VF, dark brown surfaces, a bit of peripheral roughness on the edge.

From the Hermanubis Collection.