CNG 88, Lot: 1101. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Diobol (24mm, 8.88 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 193/4). Laureate head right / The serpent Agathodaemon erect, wearing crown and holding sistrum in tail; LB (date) to upper left. Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 9725 (this coin); K&G 49.7 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, brown and green patina, short edge splits. Very rare.

From Group CEM. Ex Auctiones 7 (7 June 1977), lot 462; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 9725.