Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1158. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.31 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 201 AD. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right / AETERNIT IMPERI, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right and bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta left, vis-à-vis. RIC IV 155c; BMCRE 184; Calicó 2598a (Septimius Severus, Caracalla, and Geta); cf. Cohen 1 (Septimius, Caracalla, and Geta). EF, toned. A detailed and stunning portrait coin. ($20,000)

Ex Perfectionist Collection (Leu 87, 6 May 2003), lot 51.