Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1870. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.20 gm). Struck 207 AD. Laureate head right / Roma seated left, holding palladium in right hand, sceptre in left, round shield on ground at her side. RIC IV 288; BMCRE 358; Cohen 605. Near VF, possibly gilt. ($1000)

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Busso Peus Auktion 369 (31 October 2001), lot 630.