CNG 85, Lot: 608. Estimate $500. Sold for $655. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (35mm, 26.10 g, 5h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen form behind / Two temples, each seen in three-quarter. SNG France 1473 (same dies); SNG Levante 1022. VF, dark green patina.

The reverse reads: “Tarsus the metropolis of the three provinces, common temples of Cilicia.” The three provinces referred to are Cilicia, Isauria, and Lycaonia.