Triton XVIII, Lot: 1155. Estimate $20000. Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.51 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head left / VICTORIAE above, AVGG in exergue, Victory, holding whip in right hand and reins in left, driving galloping quadriga right. RIC IV –; Calicó 2559a; BMCRE –; Biaggi –; Leu 28, lot 491. EF, lightly toned. Well centered and well struck. Second example known with bust left.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 97 (10 May 2006), lot 43; Giessener Münzhandlung 69 (18 November 1994), lot 638.