Rare Septimius Severus Aureus

290, Lot: 407. Estimate $2000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 197-198. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / LIBERO PATRI, Liber standing facing, head left, placing right hand on head, holding thyrsos in left; leopard at feet to left. RIC IV 112b; Calicó 2484. VF, slightly bent flan, some deposits, scrape in exergue on reverse. Rare.