Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 672. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $630. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Septimius Severus. Died AD 211. AR Denarius (3.18 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, AD 211. DIVO SEVERO PIO, bare head right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing facing on globe, head left, wings displayed. RIC IV 191C (Caracalla); RSC 84; BMCRE 21-3 (Caracalla and Geta). Superb EF, lightly toned, hairline flan crack. Well centered on both sides.