Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1858. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $1850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.25 gm). Struck 193 AD. Laureate head right / Virtus standing left, holding Victory in right hand and reversed spear in left hand. RIC IV 24; BMCRE 32; Cohen 751. Toned, good VF, light marks on the obverse. ($2500)

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex New York Sale III (7 December 2001), lot 698.