Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 934. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.20 gm). Struck 202-210 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right, aegis on left shoulder / ROMA AETERNA, Roma seated left on shield, holding palladium and spear. RIC IV 291 (this coin referenced); BMCRE pg. 222, † (this coin referenced); Cohen -. EF. Unique. (See color enlargement on plate 14.) ($7500) 

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Lanz 102 (28 May 2001), lot 680; Leu 30 (28 April 1982), lot 402; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Naville VIII, 25-28 June 1924), lot 1174; Karnak Hoard 1901.