Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 827. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Trapezus. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ 30mm (10.24 g, 6h). Dated CY 181 (AD 244/5). Draped bust right / Mithras on horseback right; tree to left, lighted altar and aquila to right; date in exergue. RG 55; SNG von Aulock 6788 (same rev. die). Near VF, red and brown patina, small pits on reverse, a few edge cracks. Very rare.