70, Lot: 94. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.44 gm). Struck 209 AD. Laureate head right / Septimius Severus on horseback left, hurling javelin at British enemy. RIC IV 231; BMCRE p. 357, * (citing Arnold collection and Cohen); RSC 536. VF. Rare, only five specimens listed in the Reka Devnia hoard.

From the Marc Melcher Collection.