134, Lot: 358. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. 193-211 AD. Legionary Denarius (17mm, 2.88 g, 12h). Struck 193 AD. Rome mint. Laureate head right / LEG III IT-AL, TR P COS in exergue, legionary eagle on low perch left between two standards. RIC IV 7; RSC 262; BMCRE W10. VF, light toning, a scrape on the reverse.

From the Marc Melcher Collection.