440, Lot: 333. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Argos. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Diassarion (24.5mm, 7.15 g, 8h). Laureate head right / Perseus standing facing, head left, holding harpa with right hand and [head of Medusa] with left. BCD Peloponnesos 1201 var. (Perseus holding head of Medusa with right hand, harpa with left arm). Fine, brown patina with touches of red and green. Rare sub variety.

From the Ralph DeMarco ‘Perseus’ Collection.