Triton XVII, Lot: 744. Estimate $15000. Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 201. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Roma seated left on chair without back, with feet on footstool, holding palladium in outstretched right hand, reversed spear in left; round shield below seat. RIC IV 288; cf. Calicó 2529a (back on chair and scepter instead of spear); cf. Biaggi 1101 (same); BMCRE 358 (same dies). EF.