93, Lot: 120. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ Dupondius (24mm, 7.64 gm). Struck 194 AD. Radiate head right / Africa, in elephant-skin headdress, standing right, holding grain ears; lion at feet right. RIC IV 680; Cohen 30. Choice VF, green patina, minor roughness. Rare.

This coin celebrates the native province of Septimius Severus, who was born in the African city of Leptis Magna.