Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 667. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (7.24 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 201-202. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate bust of Septimius Severus right, draped in lion skin / IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust of Julia Domna right. RIC IV 161b; Calicó 2587b; BMCRE 92. Good VF, attractive matte surfaces typical of water find, a few minor edge nicks.