Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1218. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Divus Septimius Severus. Died 211 AD. Æ 23mm (10.12 gm, 12h). DIVO SEVERO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOMH COL HEL, decastyle temple of Zeus Heliopolitanus on raised podium, viewed from aerial perspective. Price & Trell 702; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Galatia 4. VF, dark green patina. Rare posthumous issue of Severus. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.