Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1652. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. AV Aureus (7.48 gm, 12h). Struck 205 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma seated left, holding palladium and sceptre; shield below. RIC IV 291 var. (bust type); BMCRE p. 222, † var. (same); Calico 2532 (same dies). VF, scratches, small dig on reverse. Very rare bust type. ($2000)