120, Lot: 219. Estimate $400. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.193-211 AD. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.19 g). Struck 196 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Septimius on horseback right, raising right hand, preceded by soldier holding spear. RIC IV 719; BMCRE 596; Cohen 8 var. (draped and cuirassed). Good VF, brown patina, rough surfaces.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.