Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 800. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $660. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.19 g, 5h). Struck 194 AD. Laureate head right / Liber (Bacchus) and Hercules standing left; Liber holds cantharus and thyrsus, Hercules holds club set on ground and lion's skin; panther standing left between them. RIC IV 669; BMCRE 505; Cohen 119. Good VF, brown patina, an area of roughness on reverse exhibits green patina. ($500)