Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 540. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1755. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Pautalia. Septimius Severus, with Clodius Albinus as Caesar. 193-211 AD. Æ 25mm (8.97 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right vis-à-vis bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Clodius Albinus left / Eagle standing facing on wreath, head left, with wings displayed, holding palm in beak. Mouchmov 4149; SNG Copenhagen -; Varbanov 3172; cf. CNG 42, lot 989 (same rev. die). Good VF, heavy blue-black patina with traces of orange in crevices. Extremely rare. ($1500)