Watch List notes:

LYDIA. Sardis. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 28 mm, 12.34 g, 7 h), Gaios Ioulios Krispos, archon, circa 193-195, but probably in late 193 or early 194. [AYT•KAIC Λ] CЄΠTIMI•CЄOYHP[OC ΠЄPTINAΞ] Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. ЄΠI•Γ•I•KPICΠOY•APX CAPΔIANΩN• / B•NЄΩKO/PΩN Two agonistic prize-urns set on table; below, two crossed palm fronds. BMC -. Imhoof-Blumer, KM -. Imhoof-Blumer, LS -. Leu 2 (2018), 175 (same dies). Lindgren I-III -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG München -. SNG Righetti -. SNG Turkey -. SNG von Aulock -. Apparently unpublished save for the die-matching example in Leu 2. Attractive earthen deposits on an olive-green patina. Minor cleaning marks, otherwise, very fine.


For a longer note on this interesting issue, see Leu 2, 11 May 2018, 175.