289, Lot: 359. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.51 g, 6h). 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); RSC 652b var. (obv. legend). Good VF, find patina.