Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1859. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $640. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.14 gm). Laureate head right / Septimius, togate and veiled, standing left holding branch. RIC IV 160; BMCRE 189; Cohen 202. Fine, two swastika countermarks on the obverse, possibly from jewelry. ($500)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.