Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 659. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Divus Septimius Severus. Died AD 211. Æ 25mm (10.89 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus right, viewed from aerial perspective. SNG München 1031 var. (bust type); SNG Copenhagen 429 var. (Septimius Severus); cf. Price & Trell p. 158. VF, green patina, thick earthen deposits.