Ex Sir Arthur Evans Collection

587429.

Sold For $42500

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.20 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 198-200. L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIAE AV GG FEL, Victory alighting left, holding diadem in both hands; to left, shield set on low cippus. RIC IV 144a; Calicó 2561; BMCRE 138. Underlying luster. EF. Well struck.

Ex Phil Peck (”Morris”) Collection (Heritage 3071, 7 January 2019), lot 32150; Lanz 109 (27 May 2002), lot 552; Sir Arthur John Evans Collection (J. Hirsch XXX, 11 May 1911), lot 1065 .