371, Lot: 971. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

McCann, Anna M. The Portraits of Septimius Severus (A.D. 193-211).. (Rome, 1968). Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Volume XXX. 222 pages, 4 color plates, 105 fine b&w plates, gray cloth binding with dust cover. Signed by the author. A study of the portraiture of Septimius Severus and it's development over his reign, looking at coins, statuary and other contemporary works. Important and rarely offered. Some wear to dust cover, but binding still tight. A Near Fine copy.

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