Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1404. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $1210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (6.98 gm). Struck 198-202 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC IV 122; Cohen 20. VF, holed and plugged, smoothing and tooling marks. Rare. ($1000)

From the Marc Melcher Collection.