326, Lot: 344. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (25mm, 8.23 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Ttetrastyle temple containing a baetyl surmounted by crescent in central intercolumnation; signa surmounted by crescent in each wing. BMC 4 var. (rev. legend); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Hunterian –; SNG Righetti –; SNG Milan –; Lindgren & Kovacs 2557 var. (same). VF, dark earthen brown patina, scratches in obverse field. Very rare type.