70, Lot: 74. Estimate $150. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Legionary Denarius (18mm, 3.28 gm). Struck 193 AD. Laureate head right / LEG [XIIII G]EM M V, TR P COS in exergue, legionary eagle on low perch left between two standards, each ornamented with an antelope(?) protome. RIC IV 14; RSC 272. VF. Very rare with the ornamentation on the standards.

From the Marc Melcher Collection.