87, Lot: 135. Estimate $200. Sold for $156. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 27.04 gm). Struck 194 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right , seen from back / Hercules and Bacchus standing left, facing each other; Hercules with club and lion skin, Bacchus with cup, thyrsus and panther. RIC IV 669d; Banti 30; Cohen 120 var. (bust type). VF/Fine, dark brown patina with touches of green.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harmer Rooke (26-28 March 1973), lot 480.

Hercules and Bacchus (Dionysos) were the titular deities of Lepcis Magna in North Africa, the home town of Severus.