Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2896. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARCADIA, Mantinea. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Assarion (2.55 g, 3h). Laureate head right / Dionysus standing left, resting arm on tree trunk, holding grape bunches in each hand; at feet to left, panther standing left with head right. BCD Peloponnesos 1509.2. VF, dark green and brown surfaces, struck on a short-weight flan.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from P. Villemur, mid 1990s (includes his ticket).