Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1536. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.34 gm). Struck 193 AD. Laureate head right / LEG XIIII GEM M V, TR P COS in exergue, legionary eagle between two standards. RIC IV 652; BMCRE 471; Cohen 275. Near VF, smooth mottled brown surfaces. An attractive example of this scarce legionary sestertius. ($500)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 31 (9-10 September 1994), lot 1045; Numismatica Ars Classica D (2-3 March 1994), lot 1970.