Septimius Severus. AR Tridrachm

Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Caesarea, Cappadocia, Year 16=208 AD, Tridrachm, 9.53g. Apparently unpublished, cf. Syd-400 (drachm). Obv: AY KAI Λ CEΠTI - CEOYHPOC AVΓ Head laureate r. Rx: MHTPO KAI - CAP NEΩKO around, ET IS in exergue, Mt. Argaeus surmounted by nude male figure standing front, holding globe and scepter. From the same reverse die as a tridrachm of Caracalla, Sternberg, Nov. 1981, 387. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. in August 2009.. Virtually MS