Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1040. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.79 gm, 6h). Struck 196 AD. L SEPT SEV PE-RT AVG IMP VIII, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, S C across field, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and cradling palm in left arm. RIC IV 725; Banti 101 (this coin); BMCRE 591 var. (PERT); Cohen 420. EF, smooth, mottled brown patina, hairline flan crack at base of the bust. A detailed and stunning portrait coin. ($3000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Friend of the Romans Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 92, 22 November 2002), lot 127; Dr. Meyer-Coloniensis III (Münz Zentrum 64, 15 April 1988), lot 378; Münzen und Medaillen 52 (19-20 June 1975), lot 695 (where it realized CHF 6200).