Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1740. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.21 gm). Struck 203 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC IV 189a; BMCRE 432 note; Cohen 460. VF, attempted puncture in obverse field, probably ex jewelry. ($2000)