CNG 108, Lot: 652. Estimate $25000. Sold for $21000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.42 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 196-197. L • SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and trophy. RIC IV 86B corr. (Victory to left, not right); Calicó 2498 (same obv. die as illustration); Biaggi –. Superb EF, lustrous, light scratch on obverse. Very rare.

This type with Victory holding wreath and trophy is much rarer than the similar issue with her holding a wreath and palm frond (there is only one in CoinArchives for the current variant [= Leu 91, 2004, lot 592], compared to five with wreath and palm).