IONIA, Smyrna. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (34mm, 20.45 g, 12h). Claudius Rufinus, the Sophist, strategos. Struck AD 198-202. Near VF.Electronic Auction 550 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Smyrna. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (34mm, 20.45 g, 12h). Claudius Rufinus, the Sophist, strategos. Struck AD 198-202. Septimius, laureate and togate, holding globe at center; to left, Geta, bareheaded and togate; to right, Caracalla, laureate and togate, holding scroll; all seated left on curule chairs / ΠPΩ/TA KION/A ACIAC/CMYPN/IAΩN in five lines within laurel wreath. Klose LVI, Serie A, 2 (V1/R2); BMC 368; SNG Hunterian 1566. Red-brown surfaces, minor porosity, a few red deposits, small flan voids on reverse. Near VF. Very rare, only three in CoinArchives. The finest hammered for 15,000 CHF and this is nearly as nice. |