Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1747. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.26 gm). Struck 194 AD. Alexandria mint. Laureate head right / Thunderbolt on throne. RIC IV -; BMCRE -; cf. R. Bickford-Smith, "The Imperial Mints in the East for Septimius Severus," RIN (1994/95) -; RSC -; FMRO III, 1, 2640 (different dies). Good VF, crude strike, porous. Extremely Rare, this is only the second recorded specimen! ($300)