CNG 97, Lot: 534. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem). Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (25mm, 12.81 g, 5h). Laureate head right / Tyche standing left, right foot on uncertain object, holding bust and scepter, within tetrastyle temple. Meshorer, Aelia 78 var. (legends); Rosenberger –; Sofaer 72 var. (same); SNG ANS –. Fine, dark green surfaces, some tooling on obverse hidden by artificially applied earthen deposits. Rare.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.