CNG 88, Lot: 772. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (31mm, 14.75 g, 6h). Statilius Barbarus, hegemon. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder; gorgoneion on breastplate / Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak. Cf. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 287; cf. Varbanov 1163. Near EF, attractive brown and green surfaces, minor roughness. Extremely rare and attractive for issue.

From Group CEM.