Two From the Same Reverse Die

Triton XVI, Lot: 748. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.90 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 193/4). [AY]T K Λ CЄΠT [CЄOYHPOC] ΠЄPT CЄB, laureate head right / Zeus enthroned left on ground line, holding thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left; L B (date) across field. Köln 2268 (same rev. die); cf. Dattari 4000; K&G 49.6 (this coin illustrated). Near VF, areas of tone, some porosity, struck with worn dies. Very rare.

Ex Künker 89 (8 March 2004), lot 1808.

Same reverse die as the following lot.