229, Lot: 435. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.58 g, 6h). Ancient imitation. SEVEPVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / PONTIF TRP VIII COS II, Salus seated left, feeding from patera serpent arising from altar. Cf. RIC IV 242; cf. RSC 549. VF, traces of find patina.