Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1918. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.57 gm). Laodicea mint. L SEPT SEV P-ERET AVG IMP I-I, laureate head right / FORT R-EDEVC, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC IV 448b var. (PERTE and REDVC); BMCRE 429 var. (REDVC); RSC 160b var. (same). Good VF, broad flan. Unpublished variant. ($200)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.