329, Lot: 485. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.29 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck February-late August AD 194. Laureate head right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Mars standing right, holding inverted spear and grounded shield. RIC IV –; BMCRE –; RSC –; Bickford-Smith, “The Imperial mints in the east for Septimius Severus: It is time to begin a thorough reconsideration,”
RIN XCVI (1994/1995), p. 56, Pl. I, 7. VF, lightly toned. Scarce.