Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1035. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (7.34 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 196-197. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia. RIC IV 81b; Calicó 2477. Near EF, a few light marks, tiny test cut at edge on reverse. Rare.