Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 914. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $5750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.23 gm). Struck 193 AD. IMP CAE L SEP SE-V PERT AVG, laureate head right / LEG XIIII GEM M V, TR P COS in exergue, legionary eagle between two standards. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 18; Cohen 271. Good VF. (See color enlargement on plate 13.) ($5000)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.