Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 950. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (2.78 gm). Emesa mint. Struck 193 AD. IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS I, laureate head right / BONI E-VENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing front, head left, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears. RIC IV 369 var. (COS II); BMCRE 343 var. (same); RSC 68a. EF, light earthen encrustation on obverse. ($200)

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Lanz 102 (28 May 2001), lot 675.