CNG 87, Lot: 875. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea-Eusebia. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.19 g, 6h). Dated RY 12 (AD 204). AY Λ• CЄΠ • CЄ-OYH Π AYΓ, laureate head right / Mt. Argaeus surmounted by star; ЄT IB (date) in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references with this obverse legend. EF. A rare inclusion of Severus’ cognomen (Π = Pertinax) on Caesarean coinage, particularly in silver.