CNG 100, Lot: 1915. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 203. Laureate head right / The Dea Caelestis riding right on lion, her head facing, holding thunderbolt and scepter; below, water gushing from rocks on left. RIC IV 266; RSC 222. EF, toned. Well struck. Rare in this high grade.

From the R.H. Collection.