Rare Circus Scene

398, Lot: 561. Estimate $400. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.51 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 202. Laureate head right / LAETITIA TEMPORVM, ship with mast and sail in center of circus; above, four quadrigae driven left; below, ostrich, lion, zebra, bear, and stag to right, a bull butting left, and a bear to right, with head left. RIC IV 274; RSC 253. VF, toned, porous. Rare.