HERCVLI DEFENS

366, Lot: 846. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 197–198. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head right, slight drapery / HERCVLI DEFENS, Hercules standing right, holding club set on ground with left hand, bow in right, lion skin draped over right arm. RIC IV 111 corr. (bust type); Calicó 2461; BMCRE 246 note. VF, slightly wavy flan, bumps and edge marks. Rare.