Ex Eduardo Levante Collection
348, Lot: 517. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Irenopolis-Neronias. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (29mm, 14.71 g, 5h). Dated CY 144 (195/6 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right; c/m: Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent held in hands, within oval incuse / Head of Asclepius right; serpent-entwined staff to right; ΔMP (date) below. SNG Levante 1611 = Karbach 68.1 (this coin cited and illustrated); SNG France 2264. For c/m: Howgego 270. VF, black patina, orange earthen deposits, minor edge split.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1130; Eduardo Levante Collection.