366, Lot: 849. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (23mm, 7.52 g, 6h). Indian imitation. SEVERVS PIVS ΛVG • PM TR P VIIII, laureate head right / CONCORDIA AETERNAE, conjoined busts of Septimius Severus, radiate and draped, and Julia Domna, draped and wearing stephane, right, set on crescent. Cf. RIC IV 195 (Severus)/52 (Caracalla) (obv./rev.) ; cf. Calicó 2569/2849 (obv./rev.); Turner –. Near VF, holed and plugged, two holes for suspension, uncertain letter or symbol in obverse center of plug. Interesting hybrid imitation.