Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1681. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LIMES DENARII. Lot of six Severan dynastic Æ ‘Limes’ denarii. Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. Laureate head of Septimius right / Draped bust of Julia right. Cf. RIC IV 161a // Julia Domna, Septimius Severus, and Caracalla. Draped bust of Julia right / Confronted busts of Septimius and Caracalla, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed. Cf. RIC IV 539b (Septimius) (2 coins) // Julia Domna and Caracalla. Draped bust of Julia right / Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right. Cf. RIC IV 544 (Septimius) // Caracalla and Septimius Severus. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / Confronted busts of Septimius and Caracalla, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed. Cf. RIC IV 33 for obverse, cf. RIC IV 539b (Septimius) for reverse (2 coins). Average VF to good VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six (6) coins in lot. ($300) 

From the Marc Melcher Collection.

All of the coins in this lot with confronted busts of Septimius and Caracalla on the reverse share the same die.