352, Lot: 374. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Septimius Severus, with Abgar VIII. AD 193-211. Æ (22mm, 7.84 g, 6h). Laureate head of Septimius right / Diademed and draped bust of Abgar right, wearing tiara decorated with star and crescent; scepter before. BMC 14-26 var. (arrangement of legends). Near VF, dark brown patina.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.