349, Lot: 238. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Thuria. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Assarion (20mm, 3.79 g, 9h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Laureate head right / Jupiter standing left, holding scepter and extending hand; Λ-A across field. BCD Peloponnesos 830.2; NCP –; Dura –; BMC –. Near VF, dark green patina, orange earthen deposits, some adjustment marks. Extremely rare.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.