CNG 84, Lot: 1066. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 194. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Africa standing right, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding grain ears; at feet to right, lion standing right. RIC IV 668; Banti 8 (same obv. die as illustration). VF, attractive dark brown patina, minor edge split was partially filled in antiquity with a piece of bronze wire. Interesting. Pleasing surfaces.