Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1801. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (6.23 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 200-201. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Septimius standing facing, head left, sacrificing out of patera over tripod and holding spear. RIC IV 167b; Calicó 2527. EF, underlying luster, traces of deposits. Wonderful portraits on both sides.