CNG 87, Lot: 1023. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Emesa mint. Struck AD 194. Laureate head right / S P Q R OPTIM O PBINCIPI (sic), Severus on horseback left, holding spear. RIC IV 415 var. (rev. legend); cf. RSC 652b. Good VF, light porosity. Rare.