227, Lot: 493. Estimate $300. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (28mm, 21.96 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 195-196. Laureate head right / Mars standing right, holding spear and shield set on ground; cuirass to left. RIC IV 705. VF, brown patina, reverse softly struck. Attractive portrait.