Calicó Plate Coin

CNG 112, Lot: 636. Estimate $10000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.06 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 193-194. IMP CAE • L • SE V • PERT AVG, laureate head right / VICT • AVG T R P COS, Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding up wreath in right hand and palm frond cradled in left arm. RIC IV 22; Calicó 2546 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 27-29; Biaggi 1107 (same dies as illustration); Jameson –; Mazzini 681. Underlying luster. Near EF.

Ex Nomisma 55 (4 April 2017), lot 109 (hammer €20,000).