Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 664. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $42500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (25.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 196. L • SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, S C across field, Jupiter, naked except for cloak on left shoulder, standing facing, head left, holding Victory in right hand and vertical scepter in left; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right. RIC IV 722; Banti 97; BMCRE 590. EF, spectacular, untouched blue-green patina, earthen highlights. An exceptional portrait by one of the finer die engravers of the era.