Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 811. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. BI Tetradrachm (13.97 gm, 12h). Dated RY 2 (193/4 AD). [AV]T K L CEPT CEOV [HPO]C PERT CEB, laureate head right / Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt in right hand, sceptre in left; L B (date) across field. Köln 2268; Dattari 4000; Milne 2707; BMC Alexandria 1451; Emmett 2694/2. Near VF, darkly toned, a few spots of green encrustation. Very rare. ($750)