Dynastic Aureus

Triton XX, Lot: 787. Estimate $20000. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.17 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 200-201. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right / FELICITAS above, SAECVLI below, draped bust of Julia Domna facing between laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right; and bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta left. RIC IV 159; Calicó 2592 (R3–same dies as illustration); BMCRE 188†; Biaggi –. EF, nice surfaces, some underlying color, slight weakness of strike on the reverse. None in CoinArchives, this is the second rarest of this type of dynastic aureus.