Triton XVII, Lot: 748. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.16 g, 12h). Laodicea ad Mare mint. Struck AD 207-208. AVT KAI • CЄOVHPOC • C Є •, laureate and draped bust right / ΔHMAPX • ЄΞ • VΠATOC • Γ •, eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread; star between legs. McAlee, Severan –; Prieur –; Bellinger –. Near EF, toned, minor deposits. Evidently a muling of a reverse of McAlee’s Group 1 (with eagle’s head and tail to right) and an obverse of Group 2 (with larger bust type).