Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 666. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $10500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (7.44 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 200-201. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / VIRT AVGG, Virtus standing left, holding Victory in right hand and vertical spear and shield set on ground in left. RIC IV 171 var. (bust type); Calicó 2574a corr. (bust type); BMCRE -. EF, lightly toned, underlying luster, a few tiny contact marks on neck. Rare.