Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1866. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002. Sold For $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (6.63 gm). Ancient Indian imitation. Laureate head right / Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; eagle at feet left. Cf. RIC IV 196; cf. BMCRE 469; cf. Cohen 468. Fine, pierced twice above Severus' head, both plugged, bend in flan. ($400)
From the Marc Melcher Collection.