Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1432. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.90 gm, 12h). Struck 210 AD. Laureate head right / Annona seated right, holding out fold of robe containing grain-ears; to right, Cupid standing left; prow left in background. RIC IV 794a; BMCRE 181; Cohen 554. VF/Fine, brown and green patina, red highlights, light scratches on portrait. Rare. ($500)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 681.