70, Lot: 98. Estimate $100. Sold for $141. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVUS SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 211 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.29 gm). Struck under Caracalla, 211 AD. Bare head right / Eagle standing facing, head left, on globe. RIC IV 191c (Caracalla); RSC 84. Toned, good VF.

From the Marc Melcher Collection. Ex Jean Elsen 57 (6 March 1999), lot 1799.