Calicó Plate Coin

CNG 108, Lot: 651. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.23 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 194-195. L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP IIII, laureate head right / VICT AVG T-R P II COS II, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC IV 56A var. (Victory left); Calicó 2551 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi –. In NGC encapsulation, 4529601-001, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, marks. Test cuts. Rare.

Ex ArtCoins Roma 7 (20 May 2013), lot 669 (hammer €10,000).