Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1461. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (6.57 g, 6h). Rome or Emesa mint. Struck AD 193. IMP CAE L • SEP • SEV • PERT AVG, laureate head right / LEG • XIIII • GEM • M • V •, TR P COS in exergue, legionary aquila between two signa; forepart of capricorn on the shaft of each signum. RIC IV 14 and 358; Calicó 2472a; BMCRE 18 and 337. Fine, numerous marks, slight bend in flan. Very rare.