Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2019. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.99 gm). Struck 194-195 AD. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP IIII, laureate head right / AFR-ICA, S C across field, Africa, wearing elephant's skin headdress, standing right, holding grain ears in fold of robe; at feet to right, lion. RIC II 676; BMCRE 516-517; Cohen 29. VF, wonderful sea-green patina. A popular reverse type which represents the ermperor's native province. ($2500)