Triton XX, Lot: 788. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.47 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant’s skin headdress, reclining left, holding scorpion in right hand, cornucopia in left; modius with grain ears at feet. RIC IV 254; BMCRE 311; RSC 31. Near EF, toned, light granularity. Scarce this nice.

From the AK Collection.