321, Lot: 287. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (30mm, 17.91 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter, being crowned from behind by Nike standing left. Schönert –; Varbanov –. VF, green patina, minor roughness. A seemingly new type for Septimius Severus.

This type is known for Caracalla, but the reverse die is unrecorded by Schönert..