Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 932. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.33 gm). Struck 201-210 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / AEQVITAS AVGG, Severus seated left on curule chair; Aequitas standing left before, head right, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC IV 154 var. (obv. legend); BMCRE pg. 191, * var. (same); RSC 17 var. (same). Good VF, small flan crack. ($500)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.

First (and only) known genuine coin of this type, previously known only from plated counterfeit examples.