Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 940. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (3.28 gm). Struck 206 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / COS III P P, triumphal Arch of Septimius of four columns and three arches, surmounted by chariot with six horses between two equestrian statues. RIC IV 259; BMCRE 320; RSC 104. EF. Very rare and one of the finest known specimens of the type. ($2000) 

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 1623; Künker 52 (29-30 September 1999), lot 3408.