Sale: Triton X, Lot: 658. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AR Denarius (2.64 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 208. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / VOTA SVSCEPT-A XX, Septimius standing right, holding patera in right hand over lighted tripod; Caracalla standing left, holding rod in left hand; in center background, flute-player, half-length, facing. RIC IV 309; RSC 794; BMCRE 377-378. Near EF, hairline flan crack. Very rare.