104, Lot: 188. Estimate $100. Sold for $93. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.41 gm). Struck 202 AD. Laureate head right / Septimius on horseback left, raising right hand and holding spear; before him, soldier holding vexillum and leading horse. RIC IV 248; BMCRE 304; RSC 1. VF, darkly toned. Scarce.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Commemorates Septimius's return to Rome from the East.