Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1016. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA. Stratonicea. Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. 193-211 AD. Æ 37mm (26.42 gm, 6h). Leon, the son of Alcaeus, prytanis. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus right, vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna left, seen from front; c/m:
QEOU within incuse rectangle below / E
P PRV
LEONTOC T-OV
ALKAI(ou) CTP-A-TONIKE
W-N, Zeus Panamarus on horseback right; lighted and garlanded altar before horse. For coin: SNG Copenhagen 503; for c/m: Howgego 536. VF, brown-green patina with orichalcum highlights, cleaning scratches. ($300)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Superior (1 October 2001), lot 1147.