CNG 106, Lot: 785. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.94 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 202. Laureate head right / Ship with mast and sail in center of circus; above, four quadrigas driven left; below, ostrich, lion, zebra, bear and stag right, bull butting left, bear right, head left. RIC IV 274; RSC 253. Good VF, toned. Rare.

Ex RCM Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 1102; Gorny & Mosch 152 (10 October 2006), lot 2251.