Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1524. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (21.17 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 195-196. Laureate head right / Jupiter standing left, holding Victory and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right. RIC IV 707 var. (bust type); Banti 95 var. (draped and cuirassed). Good VF, green and brown patina. Excellent portrait.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Vecchi 16 (9 October 1999), lot 500.