Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 673. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $605. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Septimius Severus. Died AD 211. AR Denarius (3.05 g, 1h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Caracalla, AD 211. DIVO SEVERO PIO, bare head right / CONSECRATIO, draped pulvinar (throne), on which lies a wreath; footstool below. RIC IV 191E (Caracalla); RSC 87; BMCRE 25 (Caracalla and Geta). Superb EF, hairline flan crack.