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Lot 25. Septimius Severus AE36, Stratonikeia

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Septimius Severus AE36, Stratonikeia

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Bidding closed (Sunday, March 27th, 19:12:30 CEST)
Current time: Monday, November 25th, 08:42:34 CET

Price realised: CHF 240.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 257.81 / USD 268.58 / GBP 214.34

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #46, Lot 25. Estimate: CHF 300.00

Septimius Severus (193-211 AD). AE36 (22.55 g), Stratonikeia, Caria. Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Aristeas.
Obv. AY KAY Λ CEΠ CEBHPOC, laureate head to right; to left, countermark: helmeted head of Roma to right; to right, countermark: ΘΕΟΥ.
Rev. EΠI KΛ APICTEOY CTPATONEIKEΩN, Zeus Panamaros on horseback to right, holding scepter in left hand; before, burning altar.
SNG von Aulock 2664. BMC -. For countermarks, Howgego 188 and 536.

Rare. Pleasant black patina and nearly very fine.

From the François Righetti Collection; ex Rauch Auction 1 September 2001, 244.

While dynastical Stratonikeia issues with Septimius Severus and Julia Domna resp. Caracalla and Geta are quite common, the single portrait issues for Severus are much rarer.



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