Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1619. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ As (10.33 gm). Struck 208 AD. Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / Bridge with arches, towers at both ends, boat below. RIC IV 786a; BMCRE 857 note; Cohen 523. Choice VF, dark green patina, light encrustation. Excellent detail. ($2000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

Severus' final campaign began in 208 AD. He bridged the Firth of Forth and undertook a campaign far up the east coast of Scotland, constructing a supporting network of forts, with the apparent intention of conquering the whole island.