Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1513. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ 38mm (31.48 g, 12h). Hierapolis-Castabala in Cilicia mint. AVT KAI L CEP CE-VH-POC PER [CE], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / IEROPOLEITwN TwN PROC Tw PVRAM[w], Severus, in military outfit and holding spear in left hand, standing left and receiving wreath from Nike alighting right. Cf. SNG Levante Supp. 375 (for obv. type; same obv. die); SNG France 2238; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, black patina with olive overtones and minute traces of red. ($1000)