Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 712. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Singara(?). 2nd-3rd century AD. Æ 20mm (5.72 g). [Diademed and draped bust of moon god right] / Large C S; [crescent above; all within laurel wreath]. Slocum p. 45, pl. 7, B (Singara); Walker Type B (Hatra); SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, black patina with earthen overtones. Overstruck on a bronze of Carrhae issued under Caracalla (SNG Copenhagen 179).

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

The obverse of the overtype was not struck well enough to show; only the undertype is visible.